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Well, That’s One Way to Sell Americans on Electric Cars. The U.S. has been wary of EVs. As the cost of gas soars, we’re now paying the price. (www.theatlantic.com)
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[–] ExperiencedWinter@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Should have linked this earlier, but adding it now anyways https://afdc.energy.gov/fuels/electricity-locations#%2Ffind%2Fnearest%3Ffuel=ELEC There are very few places in the US where you can be an hour away from the nearest charger.

It's also kind of a strange situation to explain to people who are used to fuling up at gas stations. I almost never use the fast chargers near my house, I can fill up way cheaper, and way more conveniently at home. The only time I start thinking about fast charging is when I'm driving more than 300 miles in a weekend.

[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

yea those charts can be deceiving at times though , charge finder said I had one within 35 minutes I looked at what it was, the station it said is the old town house, and that's been disabled/damaged(the charger not the building) due to vandalism since mid covid and was never fixed. The other option shown is the high-school but it's restricted to students and Staff only and is parking pass enforced. I could likely abuse it via visitor pass, but that's still 40 minutes to get there, time spent charging and then 40 minutes back. They had a town vote to install a community one a few years back at a town meeting but, there wasn't enough local support for it to get on the official vote.

Being said, it must be nice having the luxury of charging it at home. I don't have such luxury.