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> car owners are still massively in front on fuel costs For me fuel cost is only half the story. Refuel time is the other half. "Fast chargers" are anything
by traceroute66 4y ago
> car owners are still massively in front on fuel costs
For me fuel cost is only half the story. Refuel time is the other half.
"Fast chargers" are anything but fast. I've got better things to do with my life than sit around twiddling my thumbs at some godforsaken recharge station for 40 minutes.
Meanwhile with petrol/diesel, I can turn up with the car on the red-line and I can be full to the brim in what, 5 minutes ? 10 max ? Especially if I'm paying using the app on my phone.
The other elephant in the room that the electric world carefully skirt around is that those massive batteries in their car are not exactly environmentally friendly, especially when it comes to EoL time.
For me the whole electric car thing is still a bit immature, I'll wait a bit longer.
- HDThoreaun 4y agoI have never once waited for my car to charge. Between home charging and charging during errands it's never run out. I have wasted countless hours at gas stations waiting for my car to fill up, which was considerably more annoying than just plugging the car in when I get home or go to the grocery store.
- TheLoafOfBread 4y agoAlso from my experience: Arriving at a charger, have last 30km left and charger refuse to charge my car. No explanation given by a charger and car telling me to find some other charger. Both CCS. That is something what can really screw your day and made my opinion on electric cars even more entrenched in "worthless piece of s..." If somebody would like to know: Freshmile network north of Troyes, France. Was forced to go 50km/h down to Troyes to Ionity charger, network which always worked, but is bloody expensive. Wasted 4 hours on something what was supposed to be 1 hour charging stop.