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by yjftsjthsd-h 656 days ago
Putting gas in the car requires taking an immediate action and then being done. Charging an EV requires plugging it in for an extended time and then remembering to retrieve it (when the charger is a shared resource). I could easily believe that the former is easier.
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With modern chargers you effectively park at a strip mall, go pee and get a coffee, then get back in your car and continue your journey until the coffee makes you pee again.
Right, which means you have to make time for it. Sure, you can make up stuff to do while you wait, but it's still a long enough amount of time that you have to work it into your schedule. Filling a tank is quick enough that you don't have to do that. You can just fill your tank on an as-needed basis without planning for it.