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This is solving a non-problem. We can drive from the bay area to LA with one stop for charging, 9 minutes. Hardly enough time to grab a bite and use the restroom. Non-problem.

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And if that's too much of a hassle, develop front bumpers with large power contact pads that you literally press up against when parking - or put the inductive charger in the parking spaces instead of all the roads.

Not a hassle, lift the cord, press the button, stick the cord in the hole, done. Parking space idea sounds nice, as does all vaporware. As long as I can back in.

I suspect much of the "EV hassle" arguments would disappear very quickly if people were just given one for a few weeks.

My use case is specific, but a week with an e-car just taught me that I need to wait another decade for them to either mature, both as cars and an ecosystem, or be replaced by the next great thing, likely a hybrid approach.

It could have been a bad EV, or it could have been user error, or you could truly live in a location or have a situation where they are not viable yet. Not ruling out the third, to be sure.

…if people were just given a good one for a few weeks.

ftfy

The low-effort EVs from companies that make profits off ICE cars are not going to impress anyone if they try to do a road trip.

Except when you have to wait an hour+ to get a spot because they're all full

That's only true for non-Teslas. You can find pictures online of some rare events where Teslas were waiting because 1) the network was not as built out yet; 2) a major highway was blocked rerouting all traffic to a minor highway; 3) it was the busiest driving day of the year. Unlikely confluence of events that will not repeat since the network is being built out with ever increasing massive upgrades. However, again, if you are driving a non-Tesla, you are right.

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