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One of the real-world problems right now is that there are lots of places where it's not easy, practical, convenient, fun or even possible to charge. We have ha
by halper 4y ago
One of the real-world problems right now is that there are lots of places where it's not easy, practical, convenient, fun or even possible to charge. We have had an EV for four years and there are some trips where you end up standing at some boring industrial area because you can't make it to a better charger (one with for example decent food, or a playground). Or you have two choices: stop here now, queueing for 30 minutes because 4 out of 8 chargers are offline, or drive a bit further on fumes to get where you would really want to charge but, because there is only a single charger at that place, be prepared to call the towing company because if that charger is broken then you're not getting anywhere else today.
And while you're making those calculations in your head, carefully weighing each % of remaining charge against factors such as wind, rain and speed, you drive past tens of not hundreds of dino-soup stations that you cannot stop at because they don't have a power outlet you can plug into.