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owning a BYD EV here in Australia, 80% of my charging is at home, just plug in to a wall socket powered by mostly solar from my roof. 15% is destination charging eg when buying groceries, plug in, shop, unplug and go and only 5% is charging on a road trip.
I love how people looking into getting a car will go crazy over range. All the while they have not driven more than 100k in a single day in the last 5 years.
Or only gone on trips that is longer than the range like 8 times last 5 years.
I really hope there will one day be a solution for people who don't own detached houses.
Every single parking spot should have a charger. It will happen some day.
In my country we do have a ton of public chargers but car owners report that it's more expensive than gas. You either have a way to charge at home or it's just not worth it.
Depends on the gas prices, but yeah, even in the US often 'fast chargers' would be equivalent or even more expensive than gas.
If you take fast chargers with the milage most EVs get (roughly 2mi/kwh), the per kwh price needs to be roughly $0.35/kwh or lower for electric to be cheaper (home rates essentially across the US are lower than this), but fast chargers often climb to $0.45-0.55/kwh.
We don't, I charge while shopping most of the time.