For me personally is because I don’t have property to charge overnight.
And I’m in a country where China is flooding their EVs in the market.
Edit: to clarify, I am convinced with EV. I’ve been drinking the big oil koolaid for too long and glad I stopped. Better late than never.
Tbf I haven’t really done my research for local charging stations and their prices. Also the fa t that even the market here being flooded with cheap Chinese EVs, it is still more than I can responsibly afford. So for now I keep maintaining my current petrol car.
Why do you need 400km+ range? Is this for a daily/weekly need or a once in a quarter holiday trip style need?
For me personally is because I don’t have property to charge overnight.
And I’m in a country where China is flooding their EVs in the market.
Edit: to clarify, I am convinced with EV. I’ve been drinking the big oil koolaid for too long and glad I stopped. Better late than never.
Tbf I haven’t really done my research for local charging stations and their prices. Also the fa t that even the market here being flooded with cheap Chinese EVs, it is still more than I can responsibly afford. So for now I keep maintaining my current petrol car.
Overnight charging is really critical to EV success. I can see why not having that would make it painful
This is the right question - people who have never owned an EV vastly overestimate the range they’ll need, almost always.
Usually 200-300km is good enough range for most ppl on US. For other countries, I’ve found 150km to be more than sufficient.
Overnight charging from a heater outlet is usually sufficient for normal daily use.
Weekends usually add 100-200 km range easily in case the daily usage is slightly higher than daily overnight charge.
Charging at office is also an increasingly possible option.