Interesting (and useful) anecdotal info - one quick question:
You said “I charged my car from 45% to 80% in 7 minutes . . .”, so I’m figuring that’s about a third of the energy storage available, which I’m guessing is about 100 to 125 miles worth of juice? Is that about reasonable? And if so, does that mean if you followed that pattern on a long trip you’d be recharging (roughly) ever couple of hours?
Now I know you can run the battery down below 45% (and recharge it above 85%), but if 45% to 80% is one’s ‘comfort zone’, is what I’ve described above the kind of recharging pattern one could expect?
Depends on where you are, familiarity with area, am I in a rush/deadline.
For instance, my neighbor and my brother commonly run the charge down to 15-20% if they are local, because they can charge at home.
It really comes down to personal comfort levels with a given scenario.
I will say every EV owner I know charges to recommended full every night at home. My across the street retired neighbor charges every day so he can charge off his solar system for ‘free.’
Net: EV charging frequency is a combo of what’s your scenario and what’s your anxiety. (Note well anxiety is like the amber light coming on the dash in your ICE vehicle.)