WRITTEN BY KRISTEN ALTUS ON NOV 5, 2022. POSTED IN LATEST NEWS, VIDEOS
‘Cautionary Tale' First-Time EV Owner Spent 15 Hours Driving 178 Miles
ev charging stationAfter Colorado resident Alan O’Hashi purchased his all-electric Nissan Leaf — and became a first-time electric vehicle (EV) owner — he thought he was ready to embark on the first leg of a 2,600-mile road trip across Wyoming.
But the eager traveler was faced with a harsh truth after a 178-mile route took 15 hours to complete when normally it would clock in at two-and-a-half hours. [bold, links added]
“I was rudely awakened when I determined that the charging wasn’t as rapid as some people would lead you to believe, likely the dealers,” O’Hashi said in an interview on “Varney & Co.” Friday, “and I think people like myself, we go into it a bit blindly.”
https://climatechangedispatch.com/cautionary-tale-first-time-ev-owner-spent-15-hours-driving-178-miles/