[hitpointdrew]

> Plus you can do it at home, while you sleep. If you're on a long trip the range is long enough now that is a good reason to stretch your legs and hydrate.

Oh it's so easy and convenient!

You are being short sighted, yeah in ideal conditions, it's OK. But what about.

You're pulling into your home just about on empty, plug it in walk inside, then a get a phone call from your dad who lives 2 hours away "Mom just had a terrible accident, and is in the hospital, were not sure she can make it, get to the hospital as soon as your can!" Now your dumb ass has to sit and panic and stress while you wait for your stupid EV to charge. On top of that now your playing this guessing game, "What is the least amount of charge I need to get to the hospital, what if I underestimate just a bit and run out of charge 10 miles out, then I would be even later than if just let it charged a bit more".

What if you car is low on charge, you go plug in it, then a storm comes ripping through, electricity is out, it's out for days, your fucking stuck, sorry.

I think people are vastly under estimating the "I HAVE TO LEAVE RIGHT THE FUCK NOW" value you have with a combustion engine.

Emergencies happen, electricity goes out, I would happily pay more for a vehicle that didn't have these terrible drawbacks.

[NewJazz]

Why did you invent this scenario where I just got back from a road trip and my mom is dying?

God forbid I call a car for this once in a 1000 lifetimes scenario.

[hitpointdrew]

What is “calling a car”? Like taxi? By the time it’s gets there you might as well just waited for your car to charge.

And yeah, God forbid you move from something with more flexibility and freedom (a combustion engine), to something with less (an EV).

I don’t wish anyone ever go from more to less freedom and flexibility.

The “derp it’s only 20 min to charge” is a bad argument. You are asking me to go from 2 min or less to 20+ min. That’s a 900% increase and is totally unacceptable.

[frumper]

You’re right. You should have a helicopter fueled up and ready to go. Seeing your mom quicker in case this scenario presents itself is the driving motivation for your vehicle type. /s

[hitpointdrew]

If I had the resources I would. Not /s

[thebruce87m]

This is a perfect example of the mental gymnastics people will go through to convince themselves that EVs are not viable.

My EV is on average “fuller” than my diesel was since my commute uses 10% per day and it gets recharged every night, whereas my diesel would wait until 1/6th full at least until a fill up.