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> charge speed is would surely be the number one gripe for EV ownership As far as I can tell this mostly only a concern among those who do not own an EV.
by kwhitefoot 5y ago
> charge speed is would surely be the number one gripe for EV ownership
As far as I can tell this mostly only a concern among those who do not own an EV.
- steveBK123 5y agoYes, exactly. It's the big bugbear of non-EV owners, but generally irrelevant to actual EV owners. Charger network size, reliability, locations, and pricing matters more. I am also not amongst the superhumans on the internet who can drive 300mi without my bladder/stomach/legs crying out for a break first. Being in NYC, the first hour of every trip is at 20mph, the second hour is average about 50mph, and then only if I am going beyond 70mi do I start to hit average speed about 60mph. Supercharging for ~100mi on the highway is a parallel operation to your bathroom/food break, so its 10 minutes you were already going to use. Gas fill ups are 5 minute serial operations that you either do before or after using the rest area. I suppose if you were on a cannonball run, you could pee in a bottle while pumping gas but I think we can exclude that edge case.
- mrfusion 5y agoI hadn’t thought of that point before. You really can’t leave while pumping gas. So electric charging time is more productive.