"I can't figure out the charger, so decide to leave it. There's still 76 per cent on the battery, so I'm not worried...Driving an EV has its benefits, but the trade-off is clear: save money but lose time...Charging my EV costs me about $35 (54 per cent of the battery). Filling the equivalent of half a tank of my petrol car would be roughly double that."
I can't believe we're still doing these stupid EV articles. This guy used an EV for 3 days, didn't actually need to charge once but insisted on trying to charge twice and waited an hour to charge to 100℅ and then complained about how long it took.
Most people charge at home and never need to think about it, if you're charging from a fast charger do it when you've got something else to do. Your car spends 95% of its life parked somewhere so plenty of time to charge while you're not there waiting for it.
You'll almost never need to charge to 100%.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-20/electric-vehicles-money-versus-time-charging-network/106573726
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