I think it's different because it takes longer so people feel like they need to plan more and get anxious easier. For instance, I know I can pop into a petrol station very, very easily and go from 0 miles left to 700+ in a space of <5 minutes.
Yes, partly agree.
Most people don't have cars that do 700+ though, no petrol will, most diesels wont really.
I didn't used to have range anxiety (which is what your saying people will have) when I had a car that would just about manage 300 on a long run, that would be lucky to do 200 round town/urban
I don't think most people will have the range anxiety once they switch. When you are used to having a car that shows 600+ miles when full its great, but how often, genuinely do people need it? A tiny tiny fraction of the time.
Yes it will require some slight change to the way people think. The only two times I do remember having range anxiety were both in diesels. One time we decided to drive to the Dartmoor zoo (was on TV at the time) about 350 miles from home, we booked a hotel and set off, I had about 400 miles in the tank, planned to fill up on the way, but got stuck in horrible traffic, when i did pull into a station it didn't have diesel!!!11 so we set off again and didn't see another for miles. I think I had 7 miles or something when we filled up. Other time I had cut it a bit short and needed to go fill up on way to work, pulled into Tesco to find they had just shut the station completely as it was the final stage of the store refurbishment. I didn't know specifically of another staion that was in the same direction, or I could have turned round and driven about 10 miles in the opposite dierction, now I know of another station when I didn't at the time as only just moved house. I drove to work as there is a station opposite.
When EV is really mainstream there is going to be far more charging available. I predict supermarkets will have far more, great way to get you to nip in. And the big difference, compared to petrol stations you can put charging practically anywhere.
Virtually any parking spot can also be a charging point, you cant do that with petrol stations. And my experience of petrol stations is it rarely takes 5 minutes, very rare to just pull in and no one be there.
As we have seen charge time has improved a lot, its only ever going to get so good. We will just have to accept its going to change the dynamic slightly compared to what we have had.
10-20 miles range gain per minute is about the ideal for me as a minimum. I used to be one to drive non stop, often (in old job) doing 300+ mile drives non stop. Now I tend to stop every 2-3 hours, not for long, just long enough to stretch my legs, get a coffee, fill up the car, have a pee etc. I find it doesnt make that much diff when doing a long drive, typically 1 or 2 stops, and you feel far better when arriving having had that small break
I suppose its like comparing mobiles, people currently have charge anxiety because phones burn through battery, i used to have a mobile I charged weekly at best, often far less frequently. I didnt need to charge it daily, so i didnt.
When people find that can charge say twice a week or even longer really they will start to relax a bit.
Which is why for a lot of people switching at the right time will be important, if they go too early the disruption will be more
