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I survived 3 years in Brooklyn with an EV and no garage charging. Really depends on where you live, work and what your commute route looks like. An EV with 30
by steveBK123 6y ago
I survived 3 years in Brooklyn with an EV and no garage charging.
Really depends on where you live, work and what your commute route looks like. An EV with 300mi of range can be treated like a gas car - stop to charge every week or two instead of gassing up.
I had a supercharger 1 mile away, and 3 more in a 20 minute radius. One urban supercharger was at a grocery/Target and another was at a Museum/Garden, so in those situations I’d park longer for a deep charge and make use of my time productively. I never ever just sat in my car for 20..30..60min like some people imagine you might.
- ntsplnkv2 6y agoIt's another thing to think about though. If you need gas it's 5 minutes. if you need emergency electric charge, well, you're screwed.
- speedgoose 6y agoYou can charge for a few minutes too.
- ntsplnkv2 6y agoNot really, the charge times are really slow compared to a gas fill up, and you won't be able to fullycharge.
- 542354234235 6y ago> I had a supercharger 1 mile away, and 3 more in a 20 minute radius. Its worth noting that regularly using superchargers is murder on your battery, long term. After 600 charge cycles with no fast charge, you will still have 90% battery capacity, as opposed to 80% capacity if using super charging 30% of the time. If you use super charging 50% of the time, you will reduce your capacity to 75% after only 300 charge cycles. [1] [1] https://evannex.com/blogs/news/debunking-3-myths-about-electric-vehicle-batteries-and-charging https://evannex.com/blogs/news/debunking-3-myths-about-elect...