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The electric charge up would take about twice as long as filling up with gasoline but in some cases that would be a good thing since you can leave an electric c

The electric charge up would take about twice as long as filling up with gasoline but in some cases that would be a good thing since you can leave an electric charging vehicle unattended while you go into the store or use the restroom. With gasoline you have to attend to the pumping operation the whole time. Neither is a huge use of one's time but being able to perform other tasks while refueling is a nice side benefit.

gnicholas 5y ago
Do most people go buy things or use the bathroom when filling up? If I am in my local area (where 95% of my fill-ups happen), I never do either. If I am on a road trip, there is a small chance (10%?) that I do one or the other. My main goal is to fill up and get going, but perhaps other people are different.
- Balero 5y ago
  On road trips (driving for more than 2 hours), I almost always do. It's a good chance to have a break and stretch my legs. When I fill up in my local area I do it at the supermarket (which all have a petrol station attached where I am), so it's more that the shopping has a petrol re-fuel attached. Another time (pre-covid) I would fill up is on the commute. But the office had some charging points there.
ars 5y ago
> With gasoline you have to attend to the pumping operation the whole time. No you don't. ??? Why do you have to attend to it? Just use the trigger latch and let it fill. I mean you can't really just walk away anyway, because there's usually other people who want to fill up, but that would apply equally to electric.
- m-p-3 5y ago
  Most gas stations I've been at in Canada don't have latches.
- bryanlarsen 5y ago
  Trigger latches are unreliable. Leaving a running pump unattended is illegal in many jurisdictions, like PA. https://www.freeadvice.com/legal/what-are-the-laws-relating-328953/ https://www.freeadvice.com/legal/what-are-the-laws-relating-...
  - consp 5y ago
    > Trigger latches are unreliable. The main reason you don't see them as often in N/W-Europe and they are even explicitly forbidden by law in some though there are exceptions. In NL for example, in which case all methods to latch them are forbidden like putting a filler plug in the hole.

gnicholas 5y ago

Do most people go buy things or use the bathroom when filling up? If I am in my local area (where 95% of my fill-ups happen), I never do either. If I am on a road trip, there is a small chance (10%?) that I do one or the other. My main goal is to fill up and get going, but perhaps other people are different.

Balero 5y ago
On road trips (driving for more than 2 hours), I almost always do. It's a good chance to have a break and stretch my legs. When I fill up in my local area I do it at the supermarket (which all have a petrol station attached where I am), so it's more that the shopping has a petrol re-fuel attached. Another time (pre-covid) I would fill up is on the commute. But the office had some charging points there.

ars 5y ago

> With gasoline you have to attend to the pumping operation the whole time. No you don't. ??? Why do you have to attend to it? Just use the trigger latch and let it fill. I mean you can't really just walk away anyway, because there's usually other people who want to fill up, but that would apply equally to electric.

m-p-3 5y ago
Most gas stations I've been at in Canada don't have latches.
bryanlarsen 5y ago
Trigger latches are unreliable. Leaving a running pump unattended is illegal in many jurisdictions, like PA. https://www.freeadvice.com/legal/what-are-the-laws-relating-328953/ https://www.freeadvice.com/legal/what-are-the-laws-relating-...
- consp 5y ago
  > Trigger latches are unreliable. The main reason you don't see them as often in N/W-Europe and they are even explicitly forbidden by law in some though there are exceptions. In NL for example, in which case all methods to latch them are forbidden like putting a filler plug in the hole.