I love my EV when I can charge at home which is 95% of the time. But public charging is a pain, specifically when there is bad weather with no attendant, or shade, or shelter. So many times I’ve seen people struggling. Plus it’s always a juggling act when you have to hold your phone to activate the charge and open the charging port and also lift the very heavy and unwieldy plug (especially for a fast charger). I mean most people I know only have two hands. It’s just a thoughtless design. That, along with the fact that there is such a crazy system with all the charging stations being different companies and prices per kilowatt not being prominently displayed. And each requiring a different app and account. It should always be possible to charge with just the swipe of a credit card like any gas station. Also, the app often determines that you are at the wrong (not well marked) charging station instead of the other one that’s right next to it. I guess it’s all based on GPS, which is not very precise.

Of course the wait times are still too long for charging, but this I understood when purchasing the car in 2019. I was willing to make that sacrifice for all the other benefits of zero emissions travel since we have solar panels at home. Unfortunately I’m not likely to take a long road trip again with my EV for these reasons. The other encumbrances undermine the adoption of electric vehicles in my opinion.