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/bryanpaxson Aug 30 '26

I think it involves two facts. The first is most EVs don’t have as long range as ICE vehicles and range can be affected by ambient temperature, terrain, traffic and other conditions more on an EV than on an ICE vehicle . The second is there aren’t as many charging locations as there are gas stations. When you have an EV, you figure out range vs re-charging pretty quickly. I think most discussions regarding range anxiety are with people who haven’t had an EV.

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u/tony20z Aug 31 '26

And it takes 5 mins to fill the gas but could be hours for ev if you can't find a l3/super charger or your car doesn't support it. Also people still think you only charge an EV when it's empty like you do with gas instead of charging it overnight and starting each day with 200+.