AnxietyRanger
Well-Known Member
Why in the world would you do that?
You could also stop at that charger 100miles away before going to that distant and isolate destination, charge to ~250 and arrive with 150 left not relying on that single unreliably charging option. If it happens to be like pictured you are still fine to go.
Range anxiety is always drivers fault - he was too optimistic, relying on unrelyable. Having a car yelling at you to stop and charge where you still can will reduce opportunities for owner to F*** it.
Besides, car could and should and would know current state of all nearby charging options far better than anyone owner.
Besides, public charging options are not the only options, every electrical outlet is a charging opportunity. They are just so much slower. Slow charging beats walking anytime.
I dislike the notion that range anxiety is always the driver's fault. It is not realistic to assume people forgo driving anxiety-indicuing routes entirely and buy EVs to drive only the safe bets, because basically that is what such an arguments comes down to - if range anxiety is the fault of the driver, the driver must make (way) more decisions to not drive at all, because of the immaturity of the charging infrastructure in many (most?) markets.
It can be the only practical charger on the way to the destination - and it can be the only charger. This is easily the scenario in many countries still, smaller cities maybe having one public charger, if that. Range anxiety or lack thereof is greatly dependent on the charging infrastructure available. I can start with 100% from home, but it is even worse for those who live in an apartment or other dwelling without nightly charging options. This seems to be often forgotten by people who do charge at home daily and have a plentitude of compatible chargers around them.
All this is, of course, very area dependent but I have driven and have needs to drive routes where basically the only charger I can use is near the destination - and it is the only public charger I can use, period. That alone is quite anxiety inducing. This is not helped by the fact that many Tesla owners can't yet make use of many DC chargers out there (CHAdeMO/CCS), limiting the options more. The trip is fine if the destination charger works and is free - with, say, 30% of battery to spare at destination chager - but if it isn't, it is flatbed time way away from home because reaching back, even to another charger, is impossible.
This isn't some wilderness either, just an urban area with underdeveloped Tesla compatible infrastucture, that is within the range of the car one way, but not enough to return, without charging options along the way and very limited charging options at the destination. Charging at someone's outlet in a strange city is not easy either, local's may have it easier of course. Slow charging may not always be an option either (even if you are willing to wait it out), if you can't charge fast enough to get enough of juice for a return, say within the opening times of a parking garage that would allow you to do that.
The only realistic option to reduce this anxiety is to not make the trip in a Tesla and drive an ICE instead.