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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some charging stations also don’t work, are completely in-use, or have varying charging speeds making the whole experience unpredictable.[/quote]

Yes, most people use an EV as a local car for commuting and running errands. We almost never go on long road trips, and we only charge at home, so an EV works for us. [/quote]

Right. Because ICE are better for anything longer than a commute or errands. So EV’s haven’t come remotely close to being a full solution. [/quote]

We've taken an EV to ski trips, beach trips, to drop kids at sleep away camp in rural Virginia and to visit family and friends in New York. [b]The biggest problem we had was having to wait about 20 minutes to use a charging station [/b]on the way back from New York once. It's definitely true that ICE cars are marginally more convenient for road trips, but [b]once you realize you don't need the car to be fully charged (you just need it to have enough charge to get to the next spot to charge), [/b]planning is easier. And the fact that I never have to go anywhere to charge the car EXCEPT when on road trips, because we can charge at home, is a major improvement over ever needing to go buy gas. I just plug it in at night at home.[/quote]

These are non-starters for me. I can go over 400 highway miles on a tank. I can go 2-3 weeks between fillups with normal local driving and I fill up during a weekday when I'm running errands anyway. [/quote]

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