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I drive past a gas station every time I go to or from work. And if I could stop off there and get two weeks of charge out of my phone with a five-minute fill-up

I drive past a gas station every time I go to or from work. And if I could stop off there and get two weeks of charge out of my phone with a five-minute fill-up, I would, because that’s way better than having to remember to plug it in. I’m sure it’s nice to have a car that is always ready to go, and I don’t think EVs are bad, but let’s not pretend that gasoline or diesel fuel isn’t really easy for most people, most of the time. The only time I ever had to go out of my way regularly for gas was in college, and they wouldn’t have had charging points in the mass parking lots anyway.

mindslight 2y ago
I don't have an EV but I've got the complete opposite view as you. Having my car always sitting around full and ready to go would be awesome. Leaving home in one direction, gas stations are plentiful and competitively priced. In the other direction, they are scarce and overpriced. Lately we've been doing a bunch of trips in the scarce direction, so I invariably end up digging into the cache of lawnmower/generator gas to solve the immediate problem, rather than going twenty minutes out of the way or paying the Dane-geld to fill up at an overpriced station. An EV would make it so I would never have to think about refueling, except for long trips for which I already have to think about rest stops.
bjelkeman-again 2y ago
> having to remember to plug it in I have had an electric car for eight years now. I think I may have missed plugging it in twice, as I got distracted by unloading. Neither time a big problem as my regular commute is 15-20% charge. As I step out of the car I walk past the cable. It takes 5 seconds to plug it in. My small solar panel installation on the garage deliver 4 MWh in a year, which is about what the car uses. Albeit not exactly when the car needs it, but that is covered by my share of the wind power co-op I am part of, and of course the rest of the grid. Cheaper than gas (by a lot), no cancerous fumes and less climate emissions. Not going back from that.

mindslight 2y ago

I don't have an EV but I've got the complete opposite view as you. Having my car always sitting around full and ready to go would be awesome. Leaving home in one direction, gas stations are plentiful and competitively priced. In the other direction, they are scarce and overpriced. Lately we've been doing a bunch of trips in the scarce direction, so I invariably end up digging into the cache of lawnmower/generator gas to solve the immediate problem, rather than going twenty minutes out of the way or paying the Dane-geld to fill up at an overpriced station. An EV would make it so I would never have to think about refueling, except for long trips for which I already have to think about rest stops.

bjelkeman-again 2y ago

> having to remember to plug it in I have had an electric car for eight years now. I think I may have missed plugging it in twice, as I got distracted by unloading. Neither time a big problem as my regular commute is 15-20% charge. As I step out of the car I walk past the cable. It takes 5 seconds to plug it in. My small solar panel installation on the garage deliver 4 MWh in a year, which is about what the car uses. Albeit not exactly when the car needs it, but that is covered by my share of the wind power co-op I am part of, and of course the rest of the grid. Cheaper than gas (by a lot), no cancerous fumes and less climate emissions. Not going back from that.