DON'T FORGET THE FROZEN CHARGERS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PANT PANT GASP !!!!!
I don't know how many times the car failed to start in the cold because of water in the gas line, not to mention the fuel economy goes to shit on both EV's and ICE when you load them up. That's just a physics thing, oh the inconvenient truths! Let's not forget the pumps not even working because they are froze up.
Here's something they won't tell you about EV's in the cold, you get your heat Right NOW. You don't have to wait 25 minutes for the engine to warm up before you can start warming up!
BTW when the power is out because of a hurricane, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO CHARGE ASSHOLE !!!!!!! Umm.... the same way your pump at the gas station will run,, ASSHOLE... Oh wait, You will have to wait 3 weeks for them to re run the grid to the station because everything was flattened. My panels still work, I literally can throw them out in the yard and oh hey look, my vehicle is charged and I can get around. Maybe I'll swing by to make sure you are ok and bring some hot coffee to you.
Aaron
I've been fast charging my Ioniq 5 for a year now, and it never takes more than 25 minutes to go from below 20% to 80+% SOC (even when it's cold out, and at a 150KW charger (the car would be faster on a 350KW charger). I'm only fast charging since it's free. If I were level 2 charging it takes no time (as we all know, plug in when you are not using it and it's always ready). The battery has a 10 year warrantee (so I'm not so worried about that either). It's amazing how well the oil industry has done pumping misinformation into the market, and how suckers are willing to take it at face value.
You are spot on on the heat, it is warm in the cabin super fast!
Yep, same old tired points. I agree 100% that the charging networks could be better, especially here on the east coast, but it's not often I NEED a fast charger anyway.
I can't wait until some of the potential battery technologies are in shipping (solid state etc.) that give cars 1000 mile range and can charge in 10 minutes, then what will the EV haters have to complain about?
Steve