There are also websites like PlugShare that show you nearby charging stations, what kind of chargers they have (i.e. J1772 or CCS), and how many are currently available.
I’ve mostly heard of people running into broken Electrify America charging stations, which makes sense because as far as I know these were part of Volkswagen’s diesel cheating punishment so they don’t have much incentive to maintain them.
Hosted a Japanese teacher for a year, he typically showered once a day, before bed.
A few people at work know I drive an EV, so inevitably all the anti-EV propaganda and hit pieces get relayed to me excitedly. Sure enough someone today was eager to tell me about the guy who bought a Ford Lighting for $120k and regrets his decision. Like clock work any time a new article drops.
They share these Facebook posts or “news” articles as if they are trying to make me regret my purchase or like my car less. It’s really strange. Meanwhile I have 22,000 trouble free miles, 19 months without having to stop for gas, and wayyyy cheaper driving costs in a car that’s comfortable and fun to drive 
But how many trouble free miles did you lose?
how much do the charges cost? like if you use a tesla (or just a public charger if you don’t have a tesla) charger, it charges your account how much?
I pay $0.14/kwh at home. Costs me about $10 to go from 0% to 100%. In practice its about $1-$3/day, and my monthly average is around $60. Works out to about $0.05 per mile driven.
Superchargers are anywhere between $0.25/kwh and $0.50/kwh with the average rate being somewhere near $0.40/kwh I think, depending on location. I’ve only used a supercharger twice in 19 months, and both times spent about $7-$10 total. I think other public charging networks are generally in the $0.40/kwh range as well.
These rates are only for the super chargers or fast chargers for other networks. The Tesla Destination chargers you see at hotels/restaurants/shopping are free, as are some CCS/J1772 chargers in public places.
I wouldn’t want to get into bed dirty, so I will always shower before sleeping. If I showered before sleeping, why would I wake up and shower in the morning?
Think we have it best. My wife has free charging at work and she goes in once a week.
Occasionally we have to charge at home a night or 2 depending on weekend plans or if I decide to deliver food for a few hours.
Here’s our year to date usage:
We’re camping this weekend and it cost me $125 to fill up the truck with fuel. 
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Free charging at work is the dream. My work has chargers for the customers, but not for the employees. If I was ever in a jam (exceedingly unlikely) I could use one of those, but would be so nice to just plug in every day while I’m working.
Well I’m sure you sweat some at night. Exactly how much depends on the temperature and individual variation.
Imagine buying Al Capones mansion just to tear it down. Is nothing sacred?
to feel fresh in the morning?
I got free supercharging as an incentive, and the SC near my house is next to a grocery store, so I just charge whenever I get groceries and never pay for anything.
I’m on vacation, and I took the kids to a Chuck E Cheese across the street from two shooting ranges and a gun store. When we went in the restaurant, they stamped all of our arms with a number in invisible ink, and when we left they made sure we all had the same number. I guess this is to prevent kidnapping/trafficking, but I’m not sure how long they’ve been doing this. Maybe inspired by Jim Caviezel and Sound of Freedom.
Theyve been doing it for at least a decade now in my area
I figured as much. But don’t think I’ve actually been to one before. When I was little we had a place called Showbiz Pizza that was pretty much the same thing.
I’ve been driving a hybrid around the Alps. Apparently it charges itself when you go downhill? It will say I have 140km, then an hour later I have 280km. If so that’s pretty cool.
There’s a very cool thing being built for a mine in Australia.
Called the infinity train. Will never need charging and runs off of gravity.
Train is loaded up with iron ore at the mine. 500 m above see level. Does a 150 km trip to the port, charging on the down hill sections.
This gives it enough charge to go back to the mine uphill empty.
