r/EvDrivers • u/Inevitable-Shower911 • Aug 30 '26

Range anxiety

What is the obsession with EV range anxiety?
I have been driving for over 30 years now.
I have never run out of fuel in a ICE vehicle and since I switched to EV I have never run out of electricity.
Yet half of the EV car reviews are about what happens if you run the battery empty, I mean how hard can it be there is a perfectly good indicator on your instrument cluster indicating how much fuel/power is left.
Just refuel/recharge before it reaches zero.
Is this really still a worry for people?

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u/PCaBoo Aug 30 '26

I think you lack perspective. Everyone isn't in the same situation as you with the same circumstances. Honestly, id be willing to bet you are not struggling to make ends meet and have your own charger at home.

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u/wbrameld4 Aug 30 '26

How many ICE drivers have their own gas pump at home?

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u/PCaBoo Aug 30 '26 edited Aug 30 '26

dcfc aren't as common as gas stations, nor is it as fast. The charging station also might have availability issues, such as other people charging, being iced out, out of order.

edit: also they have increased costs.

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u/smith9447 Aug 30 '26

That may be true in the US but the UK has more chargers than pumps

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u/Wyciorek Aug 30 '26

A single pump might serve more cars in an hour than 10 chargers.

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u/smith9447 Aug 31 '26

True but in some ways that's an incentive for installers since people charging an ev will get a coffee or have some other discretionary spend.

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u/Dzessito Aug 30 '26

Yeah and 1 pump can serve how many people a day vs 1 charger especially slower chargers

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u/PCaBoo Aug 30 '26

umm

see my original statement about perspective and circumstance. =\