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To: Jolla

Yes, they don’t seem to put a cost on all the lost time waiting for the EV to charge vs the few minutes to fuel and longer range of a ICE vehicle.


18 posted on 04/22/2025 12:52:00 PM PDT by Mastador1
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To: Mastador1

A friend of mine owns a tesla and drives it to work. He found a free charging station near his office and only charges at home when he has to and otherwise pays when going on road trips.

If you’re trying to charge to 100%, you’re going to be waiting a while, but if you only charge to 80% or so it’s reasonably quick. The last 20% to full charges incrementally slower.

Of course, I road tripped with my friend’s Rivian once and couldn’t find an open stall at the Tesla charging station we tried to go to. We didn’t plan to stop long since the total trip was only 300 miles or so.

However, wait times to even get plugged up are going to be a compounding problem. Gas cars with large tanks aren’t going to take more than 5 minutes to fill from empty to full. With EV’s, I could see arguments starting over whether the guy ahead of you in no particular hurry really needs to charge all the way to 100%.


66 posted on 04/22/2025 2:52:16 PM PDT by MountainWalker
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