Depends on their lifestyle a whole lot. That’s the point. If you’re single with no kids? Doesn’t seem like spending 20 minutes a week to charge is a lot. If your commute is about 20 minutes each way? That may be fairly reasonable. My husband drives 71 miles each way per day 5 days a week. He can’t charge at work and there are no chargers in the area. Our apartment complex doesn’t have chargers. The closest ones are a 15-20 minute drive away and always packed. This is what I mean when I say it’s doable for some but not for all or even a majority.
That commute should be illegal.
I move every time I have more than a 15 minute commute. Spending that much time driving is seriously mind-boggling.
Same. I would love an electric vehicle, but I don’t see how that could possibly work out with my commute and no charger options at home or at work.
Honestly, as a person who just bought an EV (used 2017 Model S, battery warranty expires Dec. 2026) it’s more comfortable in a million ways, and at times it is cheaper (level 2 charging, DCFC on superchargers are sometimes more expensive than gas, 0.39c per kwh versus $3.28/gal is pretty close according to tessie), but without hone or work charging, might as well get a plugin hybrid. I lose so much time waiting at superchargers. Nonetheless, i could never see myself returning to full gas.
Comfortable compared to what? That’s subjective. So unless you’ve got some kind of consumer data to back up what most people want and how they feel about it, I’m just gonna say that’s not super helpful. Especially when considering the other problems that I have with new cars altogether.
