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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We're rarely driving further out than an hour each way, but we do occasionally. For those of you who own EVs, and sometimes drive far enough to need a charge mid-way:

Is it a pain to have to sit a charging station for a half hour?

Do you very easily find charging stations along your route, and are they reliable?

Anyone have an EV and advise against purchasing it if we're ever using it for non-city driving?

Thanks!
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We're about to try this for the first time with a new EV, but it doesn't seem like it'll be so bad. There are plenty of fast charging stations we can use for free between here and our destination, and we should only have to stop at one, for about 20 to 30 minutes, according to A Better Route Planner. That's not so much longer than a gas/bathroom/snack break would take in our other car, so seems like a few minutes extra stopping is worth the other benefits of the EV (free charging, in this case, plus for us, it's a nicer car than our gas one is).[/quote]

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