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You're thinking about EVs like you do ICE. Charging stations are the exception, not the rule. EV owners generally charge at home and therefore don't need DC fa
by cptskippy 3y ago
You're thinking about EVs like you do ICE. Charging stations are the exception, not the rule. EV owners generally charge at home and therefore don't need DC fast chargers close to home.
My partner has been driving from San Diego to Santa Barbara or LA several times this year for site visits. There might be a Supercharger stop if we forgot to set the car to charge to 100% the night before. Otherwise my partner can make the trip and just plug-in at home.
We drove out to the desert for an overnight camping trip and made it home without having to stop and charge. I realized when we were out there that our campsite had an RV outlet and I could have brought our travel charger and gotten free L2 charging all weekend.
Road trips are the only time we use Superchargers. According the Tesla App it's 4% of the time.
- vel0city 3y ago> EV owners generally charge at home and therefore don't need DC fast chargers close to home. I do when I don't have a private garage to wire up a charger. I do when I'm visiting family who don't have chargers in their homes or good setups for me to plug in a mobile charger. I do when I'm visiting someplace that isn't immediately adjacent to the highway. I agree, the vast majority of my charging is done at home. But it's not all my charging sessions, and I'm not everybody.