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▲ spottedmarley a day ago

I think North America is just a much bigger place so the required charging infrastructure build out is much larger than in European states. Personally, EVs are not practical yet in the US for my uses. When EV charging stations are as common as gas stations and charge times are reduced, I'll start looking at EVs.

▲233mhz a day ago | parent | next [-]

The average american drives like 30 miles a day, even city oriented EVs give you 250+ miles these days. If you periodically need more just rent a car, you'll still save money in the long run

▲dns_snek a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Are Europe and China not big places? I think if you look at the data of how most people actually use their cars, most of those who have an outlet at home would never need to visit a gas/charging station again except for those rare times when they actually go on long distance trips. Average daily commute is supposed to be around 25 miles (both ways)

▲kgermino a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Meh. Not saying they’re ready for your use, there’s a lot of reasons they wouldn’t be, but our charging infrastructure is in a really good place. There’s very few areas that you will struggle to charge on a long drive

▲diego_moita a day ago | parent | prev [-]

There are so many mistakes in your comment that I can only conclude that you don't even want to understand.

I live in North America (Canada) and I own a "EV charging station". Most of time I just call it "the electric outlet in the garage".

Also, if you measure the active time, the "charge time" is ridiculously small: 15 seconds to plug, 15 seconds to unplug (and go do something else between those times). Beat that gas stations.