If you’re going on a long road trip, yes.
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slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 5 weeks ago
Is charging speed really the biggest issue with EV’s?
dance_ninja@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Takumidesh@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
But is it really?
A 2000 mile road trip with 30 minutes charging breaks is gonna add what? 3 and a half hours on top of 30 hours of driving?
Unless you plan on doing a bunch of meth and speeding across the desert, I don’t see a scenario where a regular person does 8+ hours of driving and doesn’t take a 20 minute break.
Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
It depends on how conveniently the chargers are located. If you have a smaller battery and can go 200km you’ll need a charging station every 190km and mountainous terrain will change those distances as well. You many end up charging sooner than needed in order to get to the next charging spot. In reality it isn’t as bad as it sounds. I travel the BC interior with my short range EV and the savings in fuel make it worthwhile to stop more often. Even when I pay the high speed charging rates, it is about 1/4 the cost of gasoline per km but takes 15% longer time to get to destination vs our gas vehicle.
modality@lemmy.myserv.one 5 weeks ago
Not really. Mostly need greater density of chargers in some areas. Some older EVs charge kinda slow which is a pain because older EVs also tend to have lower range.
Most people charge almost exclusively at home where speed doesn’t really matter much.
wellheh@lemmy.sdf.org 5 weeks ago
More like charging availability imo. Not everyone has a garage to conveniently charge in after a day’s work. If you make charging speeds fast enough like with gas, you can negate that though.
drmoose@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Definitely availability and range. I thought of getting EV here in Thailand but limited range + limited charing coverage + 30min charing time is a real deal breaker.
All of which are very solvable issues and I’m sure my next car will be an EV tho