I have never had an issue with either of those things. On road trips, there are plenty of fast ev chargers these days. And my EV already goes 320mi on a full charge. You don’t want to sit at max charge for long anyway. I only charge to 50% and haven’t had much range anxiety. Realistically it’s better than gas, because at home it charges overnight (even to 100%).
Charging on road trips at a fast charger takes as long as a quick trip to the bathroom and grabbing a bite to eat.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Sounds nice. In much of the US it’s not at all that easy to find fast chargers and longer lasting and quicker charging batteries would significantly help EV adoption here.
AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 1 month ago
Out of curiosity, have you tried?
darganon@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The answer is always no. I just want to know who these people are that wake up, get in their truck, tow their boat 800 miles every single day are.
They don’t exist, they would just rather inconvenience themselves 364 days a year to shave an hour off a long trip one day a year.
It’s absurd.
AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 1 month ago
That’s kind of what I was getting at, thanks.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Have electric hybrid which obviously isn’t the same thing, but was considering going full EV. With the hybrid I am always on the lookout for places to charge to avoid gas and keep preconditioning option going. Often difficult to find a charging station never mind fast charging. I’ve paid attention to the 200mile mark to imagine what it would look like if I didn’t have the gas backup and it’s not pretty. Sure you could do it with some patience and careful planning, but in my country unless you are staying near a coast, EV really becomes less practical for long distance traveling.
AA5B@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Can you charge from home? I have a house with off street parking and sufficient electrical service, that I installed a level 2 charger for about the cost of a new electric stove circuit. It’s so nice always being charged for local trips. So far I’m good for 200 mile round trips, and I just plug in at night if I’m low. This is more convenient than how I used to have to go to a gas station every couple weeks
AA5B@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Assuming you can charge at home for daily driving …. A map of superchargers looks like it covers at least the interstates reasonably well. Sure, there’s less covered areas, and away from interstates a few less populated areas are poorly covered but t seems like 90+% of US population ought to be able to road trip.
It really seems like charging from home is the more important issue to address, since it does make a huge difference. There are way too many apartments and condos where there is no incentive to provide charging, even if the tenants want it. We need more incentives plus spindle a way to see the need