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Fear Mongering About Range Anxiety Has To Stop — CT Governor Calls Out EV Opponents (cleantechnica.com)
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Fear Mongering About Range Anxiety Has To Stop — CT Governor Calls Out EV Opponents::Several state governors are fighting fear mongering as they attempt to reduce transportation emissions in their states.

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[–] 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (10 children)

As someone who has been driving an EV for several years now, it really is nuts hearing people on the internet constantly repeat the same three or four stupid talking points that people with first hand experience have been rebutting for the better part of a decade at this point.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    I have owned an EV for a couple years. Range is constantly on my mind. Did we charge it last night? Crap, we had a 70% charge and need to go across town. If we end up running side errands, we may be cutting it close" etc

    Far more mental overhead than the combustion engine car we also use.

    I ultimately like the EV, but don't pretend that it's biggest draw back shouldn't be a point of discussion anymore.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    This is how I feel about the EV range…on my PHEV. We get 40 miles max (30 in the winter) in full EV mode, and so we stress about whether we can get through our daily trips on the battery. (Of course, when our relatively small battery runs out we just use gas.)

    But if we had the range that modern full EVs have I cannot imagine having range anxiety on an average day.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Are there no (or few) DC fast chargers in your city? In your described situation, I'd have no problem pulling into any number of DC fast chargers for 5 minutes to put $1.75 of kw into the car to give me plenty of charge for peace of mind.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    They are pretty far inbetween, but they do exist. Definitely going out of your way to get to one

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Time commitment just to get to one, time commitment to charge, time commitment to get back on track to where you were going.

    There's plenty of places and points of time that this would be a big enough of an issue for people to push them away.

    However, I think people should heavily consider one especially if they're just going in and around town and have the luxury of being able to install a charger at their home/place of residence.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    As far as I know there are no EV chargers in my city, but I live in a rural town with a low population. According to google the nearest charger to me is 20 miles away in the next town over.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Yes, if you cannot charge at home or work, your experience will differ significantly from mine. But if you can, it's a game changer. I feel like this qualification is implied at this point. If everyone with a private driveway and a normal commute went EV, the infrastructure for people in apartments would fall into place as well.

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