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microtonal • yesterday at 5:35 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

We have had an EV for two years and it’s not a problem at all. We don’t even have a charger at home (apartment complex).

A lot of parking spots have chargers. So we only charge it when e.g. bringing our daughter to sports or when my wife is at her choir. That way the car practically always has enough juice.

When traveling, we’ve found that we are generally more efficient. We stop every three hours anyway to get a drink or eat something and hook it up to a fast charger. Since we would have these breaks with an ICE vehicle as well, we skip the separate stop for refueling.

It’s funny, the first time we made a long trip with our EV we tried to plan where to charge, etc. Now we just go without thinking about it, because there are always some fast charging options when you need it (though e.g. NL is much better than DE).


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eldaisfish • yesterday at 3:20 PM

this is not a problem for you, given where you are, and your lifestyle.

Those are absolutely massive caveats.

Where i am in Canada, relying on public charging is just not practical.