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Question for ICE owners: Is having to regularly visit a fuel station ever a problem? Have you ever felt regret from not being able to wake up every morning with a "full tank" in the car?

Point is, it's not a compromise, it's replacing one set of compromises with another. Yes, you are limited to driving for 4-5 hours before taking a 30-45 minute break (assuming your route has fast chargers) but that's fairly consistent with the needs of humans anyway. (Muscles, stomachs, bladders etc.)

[Not an EV owner.]

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> Is having to regularly visit a fuel station ever a problem? Have you ever felt regret from not being able to wake up every morning with a "full tank" in the car?

We just got an EV, and my gf loves this aspect.

She was terrible at remembering to fill gas before coming home, so would very often find herself in a situation where she had to fill up before getting on her way. Quite often this coincided with when she was already running a bit late in the morning, causing a lot of additional stress.

With the EV, plugging it in is a quick and natural part of parking in the garage and so the car is always ready to go in the morning.

Posted my sibling comment before reading this and just wanted to confirm - I often think "I'll fill up in the morning" on my drive home and then end up kicking myself in the morning for being so lazy the night before!

Also, if you forget and then realise, there's no way that five minutes before bed you'll put proper clothes on, drive out to a fuel station, fill it up and drive home. Not going to happen. But popping down to plug the EV into the mains is something you might actually remember then go and do, like putting that cheese back in the fridge or running the dishwasher.

This is exactly it. I drive a diesel and I dread going to the fuel station. That stuff gets all over your hands (even using the little plastic gloves), it stinks and is very difficult to wash off. It's incredibly rare for me to drive more than 100 miles per day (my commute is a 60 mile round trip). I honestly can't wait for the day that I can swap it for an EV and wake up to full range every morning.

Unfortunately I just can't justify the cost of changing car at the moment, but that day will come.

How does the fuel end up on your hands, because I've never had that happen in 10 years of driving and refueling ?

What if you forget to plug in?

What if you and your spouse or roommate have two Tesla’s and a one car garage?

What if you have three? Who gets to charge? Can you charge all three in one night?

What if you forget to fill your ICE up?

What if you and your spouse or roommate have two ICEs and a one car garage?

You probably won't buy the EVs without checking you have the charging capacity before hand.

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