does any Tesla owner have an issue with how long it takes to charge a Tesla? And IIUC it has to be charged more often than a similar Toyota with a full tank.
Charging at a gen2 supercharger (not even gen3, which are available in the viscinity of where i live as well) goes at a rate between 300-510 miles of charge per hour (depending on the current battery charge) for me.
Charging at my apartment building garage is slow (given it only uses a regular 110v outlet, the same one you would use to charge your phone), but i just leave it overnight, so the speed doesn't matter much in that scenario.
The charger at work is somewhere in-between, but i can easily get about 70-100 miles of charge per hour.
And the costs make it very worth it for me. At the supercharger, my last fill up cost me $16 (i typically drive the car down to 15-20% charge, and then fill it up to 80-90%), and it went up to $20 about twice in my 3 years of ownership (when i was very close to empty). At the apt building and at work, it is free. Meanwhile, even pre-covid (aka before 2019, because that's when I switched cars), my Camry would routinely take about $40-50 to fill up (and I would try to get it filled once I have about 20% of the tank left).
Ah right so there's chargers at work and at home, then you wouldn't notice the charge times. I have heard folks having to drive to and wait at charger locations, that is a hassle. So that's only until the charging infra at apartments and offices catch up.
My apartment has no charging infra, it just has a few regular 110v outlets, the exact same kind people have in their houses.
As for superchargers being busy, I guess there might be some specific one that is busy at a specific time of the day? Because I have about 4 different supercharger locations within 7 miles of where I am, and that's not counting non-Tesla-branded chargers. For context, I am in Seattle area, and as I am looking out of my window overlooking Mercer St, at any given point in time, I can see at least 2-3 Teslas (not even counting other EVs), which tells me that a lot of people find EVs to be very viable in this area.
3 years ago, there was only 1 supercharger location within that same distance. Every other grocery store and a large public location where people park (like IKEA or a movie theater) has charging spots.
My musings aside, overall I agree with you. However, charging infrastructure these days is more viable already than what most people assume. Not everywhere yet, of course, but it is getting there.
Charging at a gen2 supercharger (not even gen3, which are available in the viscinity of where i live as well) goes at a rate between 300-510 miles of charge per hour (depending on the current battery charge) for me.
Charging at my apartment building garage is slow (given it only uses a regular 110v outlet, the same one you would use to charge your phone), but i just leave it overnight, so the speed doesn't matter much in that scenario.
The charger at work is somewhere in-between, but i can easily get about 70-100 miles of charge per hour.
And the costs make it very worth it for me. At the supercharger, my last fill up cost me $16 (i typically drive the car down to 15-20% charge, and then fill it up to 80-90%), and it went up to $20 about twice in my 3 years of ownership (when i was very close to empty). At the apt building and at work, it is free. Meanwhile, even pre-covid (aka before 2019, because that's when I switched cars), my Camry would routinely take about $40-50 to fill up (and I would try to get it filled once I have about 20% of the tank left).