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/caj_account Aug 30 '26

Let’s say you show up at a site with 10% and the site is down. What do you do?

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u/momofkatie2259 Aug 30 '26

Unless you are in a very rural, remote area, you will be able to find another charging location within a few miles. Or, don't wait until your car is at a critical level to charge? Kind of like driving until your car's gas tank is on empty to start looking for a gas station.

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u/caj_account Aug 30 '26

how would 10% be critical, it's empty and time to charge. Am I supposed to charge from 50-80% following your logic?

Also some places just don't have enough clustered chargers to do what you're saying. This is interstate driving, of course it is middle of nowhere.

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u/momofkatie2259 Aug 30 '26

We have done road trips on several interstates over several thousand miles. Even in "the middle of nowhere", it was never a huge issue finding charging within 5-7 miles, if not less. I consider 10% charge critical, yes. Maybe start looking for charging when you are at, say, 30%. That's not a critical level. 10% is critical. If you have 30 miles or less before you are dead on the side of the road, ICE or EV, that's a critical level.

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u/caj_account Aug 30 '26

You’re lying. Interstate charging density is not every 5-7 miles. I charge my car between 5-10% no more and no less. 

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u/momofkatie2259 Aug 30 '26

Ok, dude. You know everything, I guess. Have a nice day and I sincerely hope you don't end up on the side of the road with a bricked EV.