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To: V_TWIN
Q: "How long does it take to recharge the battery again?"

A1: Of your personal time, virtually none for daily commute driving if you have a place to charge it at home. Basically, a gas car takes 5 to 10 minutes to fill up at the gas station once or twice per week. Contrasted with an EV taking just seconds to plug in when you get home -- at which point you can ignore it like you do your gas car while you eat, have fund with the wife, and sleep. Then the next morning it takes just seconds to unplug it and head off.

A2: I imagine you're talking about when away from home on a trip. The newer ones take 40-50 minutes to charge at a DC fast charger from 15% to 80%, giving you another 200 to 250 miles. That's bad if you're retired and driving the country. Probably not a deal-breaker if you're working a lot and use your car for few trips per year (especially if you're married and have two cars anyway: might as well have both an EV and a gas car to have the best of both worlds).

20 posted on 03/23/2022 9:59:26 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Tell It Right

I drive two - three times per week 320 miles round trip and the WOODS! No way in hell will I ever trust a battery in the areas I drive.


32 posted on 03/23/2022 10:14:10 AM PDT by devane617 (RUN FOR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICE! COUNCIL,SCHOOL BOARD, ETC.)
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To: Tell It Right

“The newer ones take 40-50 minutes to charge at a DC fast charger from 15% to 80%, giving you another 200 to 250 miles”

Tesla advertising 15 minutes for 200 mile range.


36 posted on 03/23/2022 10:33:44 AM PDT by TexasGator (UF)
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To: Tell It Right

What do I do in an emergency situation and the battery is flat?

In my gas car in just jump in and bug out.


63 posted on 03/23/2022 11:27:14 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: Tell It Right
This isn't practical
64 posted on 03/23/2022 11:29:41 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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