“Many public chargers are faster, with some able to replenish half of the battery’s range in less than an hour.”
Drive 100 miles. Wait an hour. Drive 100 miles. Wait an hour. And that’s in warm weather. Better hope there’s an available charger. Subtract 10% for every 10 degrees Celsius under room temp. Subtract miles for running the heater or A/C or all the lights at night. These things only make sense in large cities.
We'd use the gas car for long trips and the EV for most of the miles of regular commutes/errands. Not trying to save the world from a make-believe catastrophe like the Dims keep pushing. (I'm one of the few who believe global warming exists, but it's not a bad thing -- it's a good thing called the Current Warming Trend and is a much better climate to live in than the cooling periods like the Little Ice Age and the Dark Ages.) But I'd like a little diversity in my energy consumption: if electricity rates go sky high we'll lean more on the gas car, and vice versa.
Also relevant is the strength of my solar system. I recently converted my remaining gas appliances to electric and even with that there are still about 80% of my days in the fall in which my solar batteries are fully charged (read: have excess power not being used that could be used to charge an EV for "free"). I expect that to drop in the winter then increase bigly in the spring and summer. We'll see. So far I like the fact that I've grumbled less than I otherwise would have over Brandon jacking up the prices of natural gas and electricity.
“Drive 100 miles. Wait an hour. Drive 100 miles.
There are EV’S with a 500 mile range.
More like 10 minutes.
These things only make sense if you ALSO have a gas car, and use the electric car for short local trips (which for most households constitutes most of their driving)