[brentonator]

1. When the powers out, gas pumps are out too unless there are generators. Even in Florida where this is expected after storms, we still have 95%+ of stations offline during power outages.

2. Typical fast charging times are < 20 minutes and you don't typically aim for full. The first half of the battery charges in less than 15 minutes, nearly matching a typical gas station stop on a road trip. You can get 75 miles of charge in just 5 minutes at peak with a Tesla.

3. Most users charge at home or work keeping them topped up ready for up to 180 miles typical miles of driving that day as long as they return to base and don't want to extend into the lower or higher reservations in the battery for long term health.

[ars]

That works fine for daily trips. It fails for long trips (6+ hours).

Renting a car just for those trips simply costs too much, so your daily driver also needs to be able to perform that task.

For me, I'd need at least 200 miles of range in 10 minutes. Long trips already take too long, waiting longer than 10 minutes is a non-starter.

(And before you ask, I eat in the car. It's 10 minutes for bathroom, refuel, and back on the road.)

The only way I could buy an electric car is if I had two cars.

[greglindahl]

There's always someone posting a comment like this in every EV thread -- I'm hoping someday it will be a guy who pees in a bottle in order to minimize stops.

[ars]

Bizarre comment. Have you ever taken a 6+ hour trip in a car?

If you don't control stops very carefully you can add hours to the already long journey.

And for the record I think a hybrid with a 50 mile battery is the sweet spot: Drive it electrically almost every day, but you can go farther if you need to.