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> This is purely a semantic difference. If you travel once or twice a year beyond the standard EV range, then by definition it’s an edge case.

I humbly beg to disagree; it's most definitely not an edge-case as the phrase is defined.

You're using "edge-case" to mean low-frequency event. How I see the phrase used everywhere I've ever seen it, is "edge case" referring to a low-probability event, i.e. an event that is predicted to so rarely occur that it can be dismissed from consideration.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/edge-cas... says:

>> an extreme or not typical example of something, that should not be considered when forming an opinion about it:

An annual trip is an almost guaranteed event, so it's a very high probability event. I get that it is a low-frequency event, but "edge-case" is the incorrect term used to describe the event. Use "rarely" or similar instead.



Maybe edge case wasn't technically the right term, but I did indeed mean a low-frequency event (as it's used in the article). Sorry for the confusion.




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