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Re:Are electric cars too expensive to tempt motorists away f... by bwanab on Saturday December 16, 2023 @01:29PM (#38666555)
Is this opinion based on experience or speculation? I had a house with garage and it was nice, but I moved to an apt with street parking. I had feared it would be a pain, and I'd be lying if I said it was as convenient, but it really hasn't been very difficult. Moving the car every two weeks for street cleaning has been worse.

As for long distances, I haven't found that to be a big issue. Of course, I have a Tesla which has a very good charging network - and that's the point. For any brand other than Tesla, you're probably right. It amazes me that the legacy car companies each of which are multiples of Tesla's size don't seem to be able to come up with a solution that doesn't involve getting taxpayers involved.

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Re:Are electric cars too expensive to tempt motorists away f... by tapoxi on Saturday December 16, 2023 @02:42PM (#38667093)
It's speculation on the part of the buyer. Why introduce more anxiety when you can just go with what you already know?

If every gas station supported CCS it would be less of an issue, but usually you need to find a station nearby and wait for 20-40 minutes if it's CCS or 6-8 hours if it's level 2.

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Re:Are electric cars too expensive to tempt motorists away f... by thebruce87m on Saturday December 16, 2023 @04:01PM (#38667632)
20 minutes every 2 - 3 hours of rare long distance driving is acceptable, considering I save 4 hours of petrol station visits per yer vs my old diesel. Not to mention the fuel cost savings.
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Re:Are electric cars too expensive to tempt motorists away f... by thejazzman on Sunday December 17, 2023 @04:36PM (#38676698)
Depends how fast your car charges. 2017 Model S 75D charges for 30-40m every ~90 minutes of driving.

It's not as bad as it sounds, or I'm lying to myself, but having the 90 minute planned stops makes a cross country trip seem a lot closer ... even though it's doing the opposite.

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Re:Are electric cars too expensive to tempt motorists away f... by tapoxi on Monday December 18, 2023 @10:59AM (#38684227)
Oh I'm not referring to road trips here, they've been mostly fine in my EV. The issue is for people without a garage or a readily accessible charger then can use. My brother lives in Brighton, MA, and to charge his car he'd need to go out of his way to find a CCS charger and then sit there for 40 minutes about once a week. It just removes an EV as an option unless he moves elsewhere.
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