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There's nothing to be anxious about. Most EVs will tell you how much range you have and where to go to charge. That might not be as much as you'd like and it mi

There's nothing to be anxious about. Most EVs will tell you how much range you have and where to go to charge. That might not be as much as you'd like and it might be annoying to you that you have to spend the time to charge up but it's not something that comes with a lot of uncertainty or anxiety. It tells you it is time to charge, you charge it. Problem solved. Plug it in at night and you can have it fully charged in the morning. There are countless apps that help you find chargers. At this point there are more charging stations than petrol stations. Finding one is easy. And many petrol stations actually double as charging stations now. If you drive into the middle of nowhere, you might want to plan a little bit of course. But you'd do the same with an ICE car. It's ICE car owners that should start worrying about range anxiety. As the number of ICE cars drops, so will the number of petrol stations. They'll be going out of business. The small remote ones first. They won't survive double digit percentage drops in customers for very long. So, you'll have to drive further to find a petrol station and get smarter about planning your fueling stops. And with fuel prices fluctuating wildly, you'll also have plenty of reason to be anxious about what that those detours do to your wallet. And unlike EVs, many ICE cars don't have a very accurate fuel gage. Never mind about range predictions. Come to think about it, ICE car owners have plenty of reasons to be anxious about range with their existing cars. Maybe they are just projecting their current anxiety and maybe the cure is getting an EV?

AstralStorm 4y ago
Nah, the core issue is the difference in total range vs distance to charge station, time it takes to charge and the fact that you probably cannot just leave an EV unplugged and expect it to hold full charge for a prolonged time. While first two may get better, the last one is a technical limitation. It may be solved by keeping the car plugged in at all times, maybe.
goalieca 4y ago
> Plug it in at night and you can have it fully charged in the morning. That’s going to be a huge problem for the massive number of people who have to street park or use open and even most covered parking structures. They’ll still have to gas up somewhere and it can’t take 20 minutes.
- jillesvangurp 4y ago
  Drive to a super charger once a week, charge it up and use it for the rest of the week. Not that big of a deal. Maybe plug it in at the store, at work, etc. or whenever you have a chance. Mostly it will be much cheaper and not that much more hassle. Get something like an Aptera (which has solar panels) and you might only have to do this every few months. Plenty of solutions here. The need to spend tens/hundreds of dollars per month on gas, is going to long term not be defensible for the vast majority of people.
Yizahi 4y ago
Except that chargers can be, and often are: a) broken b) incompatible c) taken by other cars Or you "simply" need to wait a few hours at the station in the middle of nowhere to get 100-200 km or range. Every 100-200 km.

AstralStorm 4y ago

Nah, the core issue is the difference in total range vs distance to charge station, time it takes to charge and the fact that you probably cannot just leave an EV unplugged and expect it to hold full charge for a prolonged time. While first two may get better, the last one is a technical limitation. It may be solved by keeping the car plugged in at all times, maybe.

goalieca 4y ago

> Plug it in at night and you can have it fully charged in the morning. That’s going to be a huge problem for the massive number of people who have to street park or use open and even most covered parking structures. They’ll still have to gas up somewhere and it can’t take 20 minutes.

jillesvangurp 4y ago
Drive to a super charger once a week, charge it up and use it for the rest of the week. Not that big of a deal. Maybe plug it in at the store, at work, etc. or whenever you have a chance. Mostly it will be much cheaper and not that much more hassle. Get something like an Aptera (which has solar panels) and you might only have to do this every few months. Plenty of solutions here. The need to spend tens/hundreds of dollars per month on gas, is going to long term not be defensible for the vast majority of people.

Yizahi 4y ago

Except that chargers can be, and often are: a) broken b) incompatible c) taken by other cars Or you "simply" need to wait a few hours at the station in the middle of nowhere to get 100-200 km or range. Every 100-200 km.