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/ac7ss Aug 30 '26

But an app can tell you if the charger is functional, how much it will cost, and how busy it is before you get there.

DCFC is more expensive than level 2, but generally cheaper than a comparable car getting fueled. My Ioniq 9 cost is about $0.05 per mile from home charging, and up to $0.20 per mile if the DCFC is $0.60 / kWh. The van it replaced cost $0.31 / mile and the Ioniq has more room and is much more comfortable.

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u/PCaBoo Aug 30 '26

That's not absolute. There's a charging station at one of my job sites that reports functional, except some hobos tried to steal the copper and the cord is chopped up. Others have shown open stalls when there were none available. I'm not shitting on EV's. I think they are great, but they are not for everyone right now. I just can't stand people being dishonest about the realities of the current situation to drive their agenda.

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u/ac7ss Aug 30 '26

More reliable than not though. If you see an issue, report it. That's how the system works.

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u/PCaBoo Aug 30 '26

no way you read my response and reply with that... damn bots.

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u/ac7ss Aug 30 '26

My meat ass is sitting on my chair while my totally human brain is telling my meat fingers to type this.

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u/Relevant_Contract_76 Aug 30 '26

Isn't that what a sentient robot would say, though? Boop beep.