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I recently carpooled to the airport multiple hours away with someone with an EV. We got stuck in unexpected traffic, had to pull over to charge, and we missed t
by cj 3y ago
I recently carpooled to the airport multiple hours away with someone with an EV. We got stuck in unexpected traffic, had to pull over to charge, and we missed the flight.
Sure, EVs work for 98% of trips. But they really suck for the 2% of trips where you’re driving 3 hours to+from an airport through a busy city where chargers are difficult to find.
And then there’s the experience of taking a 20 minute detour to go to a charger, only to find they’re all in use. This experience is even worse as a passenger in someone else’s EV because all you can think is “god I wish we could just pull over and fill up the tank”
I love EVs for short trips, but as a late adopter I’ll be waiting for range annd battery improvements before buying one.
- Olreich 3y agoCharging infrastructure and speed would mitigate that as well. Driving 3+ hours is going to cut it close on many combustion cars’ ranges too, but gas stations are ubiquitous and almost always have gas. When they don’t, you get the gas crises we’ve seen around the world when supply or delivery runs low.