I mean… it depends on your requirements. The charge time is most of the time the dealbreaker, because humans are lazy, with an EV you can not just go “oh i forgot to fuel up, lets go to the next gas station and fill it up in seconds” rather “Oh i forgot to plug in my EV after a long drive, guess i will have to wait some hours”.
But still EVs can take you far and it gotten pretty far in the technology, but i guess the battery still holds personally me off buying one.
For me, the problem is that I live in a condo, and don’t have the ability to even slow charge at home. If sitting at a charging station was something I only ever had to do when going on a road trip, I’d likely already have an electric car.
<<“Oh i forgot to plug in my EV after a long drive, guess i will have to wait some hours”.
On a lot of models its like 20 minutes to charge up to 80% and typically by businesses where I can grab groceries/food/coffee. Charging tech got good a few years ago.
The only thing I’m still leery of is long trips to national parks since something like Yellowstone has limited charging nearby. It exists, but probably more EVs looking to charge than available spots.
I haven’t bought an EV yet myself because I’m not buying a new car until my current one kicks the bucket, but don’t they have that “quick charge” feature similar to phones where if the battery is low it can get to “good enough to get you to work and back” in like 5 minutes?
I just can’t wait to not have to worry about oil changes or “odd engine sounds” anymore lol
But you will have to worry about your battery. It will depend on usage, “fast” charging etc… but it will not last as a “normal” car does. So you will have to replace it or dump the car. ( most people just dump it as its cheaper to buy new )
Depends on the charger. Technology Connections has a good video about it. The 15 minute figure is for a best case scenario going from 20 to 75%, if I’m not mistaken. More likely you’ll wait something closer to 40-90 minutes, depending on many cars are charging at the same time, etc etc.
That would rely on having the right charger, and I suspect they will be rare, because that’s a massive amount of power to deliver, and getting that much power to the site would be difficult.
Taking a quick look it looks like these coolant changes are between 50k and 100k or every 5-10 years, that’s still LOADS better than every 6-10k miles or every couple of months lol
If you have a garage at home, this is a moot point. 98% of driving is not long trips, and the vast majority of homes are 2 car households. It makes sense that one of them should be an EV
Why I said two car households are great for it. One of them can be gas. The other one can be EV. That’s what I do, we have the EV for the 98% of driving we do in the city, groceries, errands, commuting, whatever. Never buy any gas for that, charge it when we get home. Have the gas car for long trips. We have yet to come across a time of when that wouldn’t have worked in our family
I mean… it depends on your requirements. The charge time is most of the time the dealbreaker, because humans are lazy, with an EV you can not just go “oh i forgot to fuel up, lets go to the next gas station and fill it up in seconds” rather “Oh i forgot to plug in my EV after a long drive, guess i will have to wait some hours”.
But still EVs can take you far and it gotten pretty far in the technology, but i guess the battery still holds personally me off buying one.
For me, the problem is that I live in a condo, and don’t have the ability to even slow charge at home. If sitting at a charging station was something I only ever had to do when going on a road trip, I’d likely already have an electric car.
<<“Oh i forgot to plug in my EV after a long drive, guess i will have to wait some hours”.
On a lot of models its like 20 minutes to charge up to 80% and typically by businesses where I can grab groceries/food/coffee. Charging tech got good a few years ago.
The only thing I’m still leery of is long trips to national parks since something like Yellowstone has limited charging nearby. It exists, but probably more EVs looking to charge than available spots.
You brought up another point: For longer trips charging stations is not easy to find ( definitly not in my region ).
I haven’t bought an EV yet myself because I’m not buying a new car until my current one kicks the bucket, but don’t they have that “quick charge” feature similar to phones where if the battery is low it can get to “good enough to get you to work and back” in like 5 minutes?
I just can’t wait to not have to worry about oil changes or “odd engine sounds” anymore lol
But you will have to worry about your battery. It will depend on usage, “fast” charging etc… but it will not last as a “normal” car does. So you will have to replace it or dump the car. ( most people just dump it as its cheaper to buy new )
Depends on the charger. Technology Connections has a good video about it. The 15 minute figure is for a best case scenario going from 20 to 75%, if I’m not mistaken. More likely you’ll wait something closer to 40-90 minutes, depending on many cars are charging at the same time, etc etc.
That would rely on having the right charger, and I suspect they will be rare, because that’s a massive amount of power to deliver, and getting that much power to the site would be difficult.
Instead of oil changes you’ll have coolant changes. I have.
Taking a quick look it looks like these coolant changes are between 50k and 100k or every 5-10 years, that’s still LOADS better than every 6-10k miles or every couple of months lol
Mine’s every 30.000 km, or every two years. Which is the same as oil changes in my previous car.
If you have a garage at home, this is a moot point. 98% of driving is not long trips, and the vast majority of homes are 2 car households. It makes sense that one of them should be an EV
I don’t drive my own vehicle to work, it’s only used on weekends and holidays, so closer to 50% of the driving I do is long trips.
Installing the charging equipment is also a cost consideration.
Why I said two car households are great for it. One of them can be gas. The other one can be EV. That’s what I do, we have the EV for the 98% of driving we do in the city, groceries, errands, commuting, whatever. Never buy any gas for that, charge it when we get home. Have the gas car for long trips. We have yet to come across a time of when that wouldn’t have worked in our family