Articles discussing range anxiety usually take one of two forms. Discussion of techniques to circumvent the present inherent constraints of battery size/weight/cost though discussing ‘free loaners’, battery swapping and mobile recharging. Or, discussions of how much range is enough to eliminate range anxiety. After reading a few of these articles, I have some questions.

While it is possible to minimize range anxiety on known routes such as commuter passenger cars, city buses, commercial vehicle rounds. But will increased battery capacity remove range anxiety, or is the anxiety more complex than contemporary authors have imagined?

The drivers of conventional ICE vehicles don’t experience range anxiety. But, do drivers of plug-in battery vehicles equip with range extenders such as the Toyota Prius PHV, Mitsubishi Outlander PEV and the Chevy Volt experience range anxiety the same way a Tesla and Leaf drivers do?