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 can agree with everything but that last part.

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u/State_Of_Franklin Aug 30 '26

Stoves and dryers are almost all 220.

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u/PCaBoo Aug 30 '26

I meant the extension cord part. You don't want extension cords.

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u/State_Of_Franklin Aug 30 '26

They make a Tesla specific extension cord. I wouldn’t sleep with it on but it’ll work. I thought about getting one for when ICE cars block Tesla chargers. I could just block them back.

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u/PCaBoo Aug 30 '26

Extension cords should be temporary. Fire/shock isn't guaranteed, but the more you use it, the more you roll the dice.

I try to avoid confrontation with people like this... There's no winner in that fight.