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Comment on xkcd #3214: Electric Vehicles

The major complaint I hear is that it takes forever to charge. It’s fine for commuting if you charge at home/work, but sounds a bit rough for road trips and the likes.

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Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Depending on the car and budget: It totally is.
At work we have a VW eUP.
Charges at a snail pace (¼ = 60-90ish km at 2-3h).

Yes it’s fine most of the time but if we swap it between on-site visits one really has to wait or risk not coming home (and don’t get me started on the landmine of charging infrastructure).

German news about the whole infrastructure: youtu.be/GQ2hbLzfQ54

TLDW: Close a contract with one provider (e.g. your supplier at home), pay tripple the amount because that charging station is from another provider. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
It’s a different way of travelling. With an ICE I would pull into an ugly service station, buy fuel and shit food/drink, go to a disgusting toilet and then get straight back on the road. No smelling of flowers.

Now it’s the interesting, funky cafe’s/restaurants along the route that are adding fast chargers. I pull in there, have a nice coffee or meal, and then continue on my way.

It’s a much more pleasant way to do a trip. More chilled. More ‘touching the grass’.

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AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Most cars come with fast charge in DC. You can add a good amount of range in like 15-20 minutes. The ones not coming with fast charge are mostly city cars that don’t need it anyways.

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