Posted on 10/25/2022 8:41:24 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Stephanie Terrell bought a used Nissan Leaf this fall and was excited to join the wave of drivers adopting electric vehicles to save on gas money and reduce her carbon footprint.
But Terrell quickly encountered a bump in the road on her journey to clean driving: As a renter, she doesn’t have a private garage where she can power up overnight, and the public charging stations near her are often in use, with long wait times. On a recent day, the 23-year-old nearly ran out of power on the freeway because a public charging station she was counting on was busy.
“It was really scary and I was really worried I wasn’t going to make it, but luckily I made it here. Now I have to wait a couple hours to even use it because I can’t go any further,” she said while waiting at another station where a half-dozen EV drivers circled the parking lot, waiting their turn. “I feel better about it than buying gas, but there are problems I didn’t really anticipate.”
Rebecca DeWhitt rents a house but isn’t allowed to use the garage. For several years, she and her partner strung a standard extension cord 40 feet (12 meters) from an outlet near the home’s front door, across their lawn to reach their Nissan Leaf on the street.
They’re still using their home outlet and it takes up to two days to fully charge their new Hyundai Kona. As of now, their best alternative for a full charge is a nearby grocery store which can mean a long wait for one of two fast-charging stations to open up.
“It’s inconvenient,” she said. “And if we didn’t value having an electric vehicle so much, we wouldn’t put up with the pain of it.”
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That she didn’t think of how she would charge every night BEFORE buying is the stupid!
Read about someone who bought a used Chevy Volt for their kid. Turns out six months later it needed a new battery.....
She’s sacrificing for all of us. How quaint. [smh]
Intended unintended consequences or are Democrats really this stupid?
Embrace the suck.
"...It was really scary and I was really worried I wasn’t going to make it, but luckily I made it here. Now I have to wait a couple hours to even use it because I can’t go any further,” she said while waiting at another station where a half-dozen EV drivers circled the parking lot, waiting their turn. “I feel better about it than buying gas, but there are problems I didn’t really anticipate..."
I shouldn't be astonished, but I am. And the worst thing is, the people pushing this idiocy, if they didn't have giant houses with four car garages and high end charging stations at each one, would be equally as as puzzled and unpleasantly "surprised" if they were in this dumb woman's shoes.
But they are insulated from the consequences of the policies they advocate for, so none of them would know.
I just read something recently about a motel owner asking the same question. He asked "Am I going to have to put a charging station outside each room? Who is going to pay for that?"
This whole EV thing is designed to destroy our freedom to travel.
The power available to her was probably 120v, 20 amps. And that isn’t enough current to charge it overnight. Also the apartment complex may not allow EVs to park near buildings due to the fire hazard.
I mention copper as I suspect these cords are expensive and my have resell or recycle value.
And these virtue signaling morons are happy to let the world know just how committed they are to being STUPID. Bless their hearts.
To paraphrase Mencken...these intellectual giants should get what they ask for, good and hard.
” . . .but there are problems I didn’t really anticipate.”
And guess what, sweetie - there will be more coming down the pike as well - guess what happens to the price of electricity as more people buy into this stuff, and the regime limits efficient energy production even more?
So Stephanie is a moron.
The thrill of saving the planet is gone when you are walking to work.
The goal is to replace ICEs with bicycles and walking shoes.
The goal is not to force people to drive EVs. The goal is to force most people to ride mass transit. Rich liberals will then be able to ride around in their $100K EVs without having to wait in traffic.
EVs are only practical for people who live in single family homes in urban areas, who can install their own charging stations, and who never have to drive more than 100 miles or so between overnight charges (less depending on the terrain, traffic and whether you need to run the AC or heat).
Yes. They REALLY are this STUPID. And they seem to be so very proud of it.
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