PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • January 15, 2026
It is true that, in most rural parts of our state, vehicle range concerns can be real and we lack charging infrastructure density. But if we are commuting less than 125 miles round trip per day in the more suburban areas of our state — say Portland to Augusta, Windham to Lewiston, Brunswick to Biddeford — electric cars can be a perfect fit. Not only is this well within the range of every electric car on the market (225 to 300-plus miles), but it is highly likely we’d start and end at a single-family home where our charger lives. ~ James Ecker, Brunswick