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Anecdotally, in my wider circle of people I interact with either online or at work/family/neighbors etc. and talked about this with at least half would not be s
by foobarian 3y ago
Anecdotally, in my wider circle of people I interact with either online or at work/family/neighbors etc. and talked about this with at least half would not be served by the current charging infrastructure and charging UX, including myself. This is maybe a small sample size but I am very skeptical that this ratio would be much smaller at large. This is why when people come in saying that "250 miles is fine" and "we were going to be in the bathroom and restaurant for an hour anyway" it comes off as moralizing.
It would be much more honest to just acknowledge the above and then state that for the good of the planet the more wasteful of us should adapt and maybe not demand dense 5-minute refuels, be more mindful planning roadtrips, work on supporting charging infra rollout, etc.
- bryanlarsen 3y agoI've had those conversations. But when you dig further into those reasons the justifications often don't hold up. They'll say "I can't get an EV because I need to be able to drive from X to Y". So I punch that route into abetterrouteplanner, and >50% of the time the route is quite feasible on a 250 mile EV. If you've tried that and it doesn't work for you, fine. But many haven't.