[itsoktocry]

>less waiting

This is such a nonsensical argument. I own two cars, and have a bit of a commute. I gas up once a week, it takes 10 minutes. What are you "waiting" for? There's a gas station on the corner in every town across North America.

Meanwhile, the same EV crowd talk about stopping for 30 minutes at a time on road trip to charge and go to the washroom.

[Spivak]

I think the idea is if you plug it in every night you will never have to stop to refuel for every driving scenario except long roadtrips.

EV > ICE for commuters and local driving.

ICE >>> EV for long distances the commonality of which seems to be grossly downplayed for most of the US.

The estimated range for a 2023 Chevy Bolt is 259 miles where hitting 250 miles is a short drive for a weekend trip in the midwest. For a friend's bachelorette party which was a 4 day weekend we drove 600 miles one way nonstop. If you're a 2+ car family an EV is a no brainer for the second car.

[thebruce87m]

10 minutes a week is 8 hours a year you are waiting. I don’t have to do that. I plug in at night and unplug in the morning. I haven’t used a public charger for months.

On the last long journey I did the car was charged before I’d finished eating, so no waiting there either.