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Re:Why western carmakers' retreat from electric risks doomin... by masklinn on Sunday March 22, 2026 @03:16AM (#47475210)
And being in your car doing nothing waiting for the charge for 25mn is frustrating. Even more so when it’s the height of summer (and that was in a car where the AC didn’t block charging).

If you can time it with some errands it’s less of a hassle, but that was one of the main non-car annoyances with my EV rental (the other was the flakiness / unreliability of getting a charging session to start).

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Re:Why western carmakers' retreat from electric risks doomin... by beAbU on Sunday March 22, 2026 @08:12AM (#47476691)
I only use public fast charging when on a long road trip. So the 30 min charge always coïncides with me emptying my bladder, so it's never been a hassle.
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Re:Why western carmakers' retreat from electric risks doomin... by masklinn on Sunday March 22, 2026 @11:18AM (#47478426)
As I wrote, this was a rental, there was no charger where I was and no mains adapter provided with the car, so my options were fast charger or pushing the thing.

And even during long legs I don’t need to piss for 30mn every two hours.

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