No. of Recommendations: 6
That's the anxiety - the feeling that you have to be sort of paying attention to your fuel levels in a way that's greater than with an ICE.
I don't know, in my EV I don't even have to pay attention to that part anymore. I tell the car where I am going, I press "START DRIVING" and it drives. If it needs to charge along the way, it'll pull off the road all by itself, it'll drive to the chargers, back into an open charger, and then ... well, I hate this part, I actually have to GET OUT OF THE CAR and plug it in! Then, I either go inside to use the bathroom, to stretch my legs, to get a coffee and/or a snack, or just sit in the car and watch a show. Then I have to exit the car again, unplug it, push the "START DRIVING" button again, and I am on my way to my destination. As far as I can recall, all of my stops for charging have been between 6 and 18 minutes. Once on the FL turnpike, we were in line at Dunkin waiting to pick up our coffees and hot chocolates and the car told me it was done charging (at 80%). I quickly bumped it up to 90 because I didn't want to be hit with idle charges (for sitting at the charger while not charging). When we finally got back to the car it was at 86% or so.
But I understand the not being able to charge at home. That is kind of a pain and I don't really recommend it. If you can't charge at home, an EV probably isn't for you. Partly because of cost, public DC fast charging is expensive, I only use it on road trips.
