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>> Unlike gas tanks, batteries lose charge whether in use or not. <<

Can you all just simply write, “I don’t know a damned thing about electric cars because I have a primitive fear of them, so I only read political diatribes about them, but I’m tellin’ ya, they must be evil!”?

While lead-acid batteries do lose charge fairly quickly, lithium ion car batteries DO lose charge only very slowly. Very, very, very slowly. About 2 to 5 percent per month, or about a few years before they’ve discharged fully. And that’s NOT on top of whatever slight electricity you’re consuming.

It’s like we’re discussing about whether you’ve brought enough food to hold you over for lunch, and you’re basing your arguments on how fast Twinkies spoil.