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Question for Tesla owners: Is the recharge time ever a problem? Have you ever felt regret from not being able to just pull up to a gas station, refuel, and be o

Question for Tesla owners: Is the recharge time ever a problem? Have you ever felt regret from not being able to just pull up to a gas station, refuel, and be on your way? Part of me drools with child-like giddiness at the prospect of owning one, but part of me hesitates at the thought of taking roadtrips in one.

sjwright 7y ago
Question for ICE owners: Is having to regularly visit a fuel station ever a problem? Have you ever felt regret from not being able to wake up every morning with a "full tank" in the car? Point is, it's not a compromise, it's replacing one set of compromises with another. Yes, you are limited to driving for 4-5 hours before taking a 30-45 minute break (assuming your route has fast chargers) but that's fairly consistent with the needs of humans anyway. (Muscles, stomachs, bladders etc.) [Not an EV owner.]
- magicalhippo 7y ago
  > Is having to regularly visit a fuel station ever a problem? Have you ever felt regret from not being able to wake up every morning with a "full tank" in the car? We just got an EV, and my gf loves this aspect. She was terrible at remembering to fill gas before coming home, so would very often find herself in a situation where she had to fill up before getting on her way. Quite often this coincided with when she was already running a bit late in the morning, causing a lot of additional stress. With the EV, plugging it in is a quick and natural part of parking in the garage and so the car is always ready to go in the morning.
  - SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago
    Posted my sibling comment before reading this and just wanted to confirm - I often think "I'll fill up in the morning" on my drive home and then end up kicking myself in the morning for being so lazy the night before!
  - tialaramex 7y ago
    Also, if you forget and then realise, there's no way that five minutes before bed you'll put proper clothes on, drive out to a fuel station, fill it up and drive home. Not going to happen. But popping down to plug the EV into the mains is something you might actually remember then go and do, like putting that cheese back in the fridge or running the dishwasher.
- SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago
  This is exactly it. I drive a diesel and I dread going to the fuel station. That stuff gets all over your hands (even using the little plastic gloves), it stinks and is very difficult to wash off. It's incredibly rare for me to drive more than 100 miles per day (my commute is a 60 mile round trip). I honestly can't wait for the day that I can swap it for an EV and wake up to full range every morning. Unfortunately I just can't justify the cost of changing car at the moment, but that day will come.
  - janlaureys 7y ago
    How does the fuel end up on your hands, because I've never had that happen in 10 years of driving and refueling ?
- bluedino 7y ago
  What if you forget to plug in? What if you and your spouse or roommate have two Tesla’s and a one car garage? What if you have three? Who gets to charge? Can you charge all three in one night?
  - fastbeef 7y ago
    What if you forget to fill your ICE up? What if you and your spouse or roommate have two ICEs and a one car garage? You probably won't buy the EVs without checking you have the charging capacity before hand.
etaioinshrdlu 7y ago
Yes. If you go visit an area where you cannot conveniently charge, many cities in the US you will not be within 30 mi of a supercharger, so only slow and expensive chargers are available. It is kind of a pain in those places. Charging at home is nice though.
leesec 7y ago
I'm a recent Model 3 owner. Waking up with a full tank everyday is SWEET. For road trips, you just have to plan for a bit extra time, but it's often how much you would stop anyways. For example, if you're on a 4 hour road trip, you'd prolly stop for 20 minutes at some point to stretch/get gas/grab a coffee. This is really all the time you'd need to juice up, especially when Supercharger's V3 start becoming common. It is a bit of an extra consideration but I would say it's not really a deterrent.
ben174 7y ago
It takes a few months to get used to. But once you know the limits of the car and get used to plugging in every night, the convenience of a gas station is not missed at all.

sjwright 7y ago

Question for ICE owners: Is having to regularly visit a fuel station ever a problem? Have you ever felt regret from not being able to wake up every morning with a "full tank" in the car? Point is, it's not a compromise, it's replacing one set of compromises with another. Yes, you are limited to driving for 4-5 hours before taking a 30-45 minute break (assuming your route has fast chargers) but that's fairly consistent with the needs of humans anyway. (Muscles, stomachs, bladders etc.) [Not an EV owner.]

magicalhippo 7y ago
> Is having to regularly visit a fuel station ever a problem? Have you ever felt regret from not being able to wake up every morning with a "full tank" in the car? We just got an EV, and my gf loves this aspect. She was terrible at remembering to fill gas before coming home, so would very often find herself in a situation where she had to fill up before getting on her way. Quite often this coincided with when she was already running a bit late in the morning, causing a lot of additional stress. With the EV, plugging it in is a quick and natural part of parking in the garage and so the car is always ready to go in the morning.
- SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago
  Posted my sibling comment before reading this and just wanted to confirm - I often think "I'll fill up in the morning" on my drive home and then end up kicking myself in the morning for being so lazy the night before!
- tialaramex 7y ago
  Also, if you forget and then realise, there's no way that five minutes before bed you'll put proper clothes on, drive out to a fuel station, fill it up and drive home. Not going to happen. But popping down to plug the EV into the mains is something you might actually remember then go and do, like putting that cheese back in the fridge or running the dishwasher.
SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago
This is exactly it. I drive a diesel and I dread going to the fuel station. That stuff gets all over your hands (even using the little plastic gloves), it stinks and is very difficult to wash off. It's incredibly rare for me to drive more than 100 miles per day (my commute is a 60 mile round trip). I honestly can't wait for the day that I can swap it for an EV and wake up to full range every morning. Unfortunately I just can't justify the cost of changing car at the moment, but that day will come.
- janlaureys 7y ago
  How does the fuel end up on your hands, because I've never had that happen in 10 years of driving and refueling ?
bluedino 7y ago
What if you forget to plug in? What if you and your spouse or roommate have two Tesla’s and a one car garage? What if you have three? Who gets to charge? Can you charge all three in one night?
- fastbeef 7y ago
  What if you forget to fill your ICE up? What if you and your spouse or roommate have two ICEs and a one car garage? You probably won't buy the EVs without checking you have the charging capacity before hand.

etaioinshrdlu 7y ago

Yes. If you go visit an area where you cannot conveniently charge, many cities in the US you will not be within 30 mi of a supercharger, so only slow and expensive chargers are available. It is kind of a pain in those places. Charging at home is nice though.

leesec 7y ago

I'm a recent Model 3 owner. Waking up with a full tank everyday is SWEET. For road trips, you just have to plan for a bit extra time, but it's often how much you would stop anyways. For example, if you're on a 4 hour road trip, you'd prolly stop for 20 minutes at some point to stretch/get gas/grab a coffee. This is really all the time you'd need to juice up, especially when Supercharger's V3 start becoming common. It is a bit of an extra consideration but I would say it's not really a deterrent.

ben174 7y ago

It takes a few months to get used to. But once you know the limits of the car and get used to plugging in every night, the convenience of a gas station is not missed at all.