EV charging issues (NOT Tesla) on road trips

HImom
Mon, 25 Mar 2024 18:36:14 +0000

My car’s EV range in my hybrid is about 26 miles, down from 32 miles when I got my car at the end of 2018.

My friend has an older Leaf she got used. It is EV only. She has range anxiety and is always concerned about whether she has enough charge and if she’s charge it enough for whatever driving she needs to do. I tend to drive when we are together so we don’t have to worry about it. At maximum, her fully charged Leaf has an estimated range of 70 miles or so, depending on driving conditions, it can drop quickly.

When we borrowed my brother’s older Leaf, we had range anxiety, wondering if it would make it all the way from the airport to our home, regardless of what the estimator said. Range anxiety is real, yes, even on our tiny island.