“About as long as I’m charging my phone, and at around the same time: while I sleep, so who cares? It’s full when I wake up.”
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jballs@sh.itjust.works 10 months agoThe first question I always get about my EV is “how long does it take to charge?” Most people can’t wrap their head around the concept of waking up every day with a full battery.
laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
Socsa@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
And also that they are probably stopping for around 20 minutes every 300 miles on road trips anyway. A certain 450 mile trip I have make several times per year for two decades takes me about 20-30 minutes longer in an EV vs my previous 35mpg vehicle. There are just a bunch of these small cognitive blindspots people have about their own driving habits that you see repeated over and over again.
frezik@midwest.social 10 months ago
We must stop all EV development until they’re good enough to serve the small percentage of people who drive 700 miles at once, pee in a bottle, and eat sandwiches they prepared ahead of time. Think of all the bottle urinators being left behind.
Seriously, I don’t think there’s a good reason to have ranges much over 400 miles. If you work out a highway speed of 70mph, charge to 80% at each stop (which is significantly faster than going to 100%), and add some margin for cold days, then about 400 miles is around the max you need considering you’ll want a break, anyway.
grue@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Those people should drive cars that run on biodiesel.
laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
Or EVs with biodiesel range extender generators
vagrantprodigy@lemmy.whynotdrs.org 10 months ago
Yep. I stop for 20 or so minutes every 200 or so miles, and honestly I’m stretching it to go that long because my wife and kid want to stop even more often. I spend basically 0 extra time road tripping in my EV unless it’s a holiday weekend and the charger is packed.