what happens when there's more people that need 20 minutes? it takes me less than five to pull up, fill up, and go. when the gas station is packed, i might have to wait 4-5 minutes for my turn.

Now quadruple this.

"super extra 1gigawatt charging" isn't coming to my area, potentially ever. Afaik there's two "super chargers" in my metro area, both at dealerships. i've actually never seen a Tesla charger in person.

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ZeroGravitas 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Why is your civic infrastructure so crippled? I'm not sure if I'd trust driving over bridges or drinking water in a municipality which is incapable of installing electric plugs.

	▲	genewitch 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Not everywhere on the planet is huge metros with millions of people. for instance, my nearest gas station is 2 miles away. The nearest place to actually buy fresh food is a 36 mile round trip. furthermore calling the gigawatt charging stations "electric plugs" is real disingenuous.

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matsemann 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

With home charging, I'm almost never charging anywhere else. Maybe a few times a year when doing a longer trip. I just drive, and plug the charger in some times when I get home. I literally never think about range or having to drive a detour to fill it up.

But you have to do that probably weekly. And then also spend a lot of money while doing it. It seems you believe those driving EVs are "suckers", but do you realize you probably spend hours and hours more in a year going to the station and pump compared to most EV owners never having to do that in their daily life?

	▲	genewitch 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		what about people who live in apartment buildings or houses where they have to park on the street?