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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not buying an EV until I can get a full charge in 5 minutes with the convenience of gas stations. [/quote]

You got this totally wrong. The reason you buy an EV is the [b]convenience[/b] of charging (aka fueling) at home. Traveling to gas stations is totally [b]inconvenient[/b]. [/quote]

This is exactly how we view it. We save time not having to stop at a gas station. We have an EV and a plug in hybrid, and it’s been at least three months since we’ve stopped at a gas station. [/quote]

We have 2 EV’s and an ICE and now see it this way as well. But it does require a suspension of belief in the beginning to get there. The truth is that yes, filling a tank with gas takes way less time than charging while on a road trip. But if you consider all the time spent skipping the gas station on regular days, plus all the time saved from oil changes, maintenance, etc, it starts to make sense. The way to think about it is that both types of cars require inconveniences, but we are so culturally used to filling up at the gas station, getting an oil change, going in for maintenance every 10k miles, that it seems like a baseline. The baseline should be zero maintenance, zero gas station visits, zero tire rotations, zero charging stops. And then compare how much time each type of car requires.

I had to fill the tank of my old ICE car (Acura mdx) 3 times a week after all the school runs and sports practices. That took 30 min out of my week that I now have back. Or 20 hours over the year, assuming I was doing that 40 weeks of the year.

We live in a mountain town and I like having one ICE car because of one scenario - going on a road trip and having to outrun weather. I chose the EV to make a 800 mile trip to California, but I chose the ICE to make a 5 hour trip and beat an oncoming snowstorm. And as far as comfort and driving experience? EV all the way. ICE car gets 2-3k miles a year and the EV’s get the lion’s share. [/quote]

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