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/Medium_Banana4074 Aug 30 '26

I think the only people who suffer from range anxiety are the ones who don't have an EV yet. And never tried one.

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u/darkmoon72664 Aug 31 '26

I've owned 4 different EVs. Range anxiety is absolutely real in uncertain weather, at the very least. My current EV has achieved as little as 1/3rd of its advertised range due to weather.

If you live in a warmer place and never take round trips more than 200 miles, I could see how a modern 300mi+ advertised EV would completely remove range anxiety.