For Electric Car Owners, ‘Range Anxiety’ Gives Way to ‘Charging Time Trauma’

For Electric Car Owners, ‘Range Anxiety’ Gives Way to ‘Charging Time Trauma’
“Driving long distances and stopping for one to two hours is not something I would want to do,” said Mark McNabb, the chief executive of Electrify America, a Volkswagen subsidiary
that is installing charging stations across the United States as part of the German automaker’s settlement for cheating on diesel emissions tests.
A Tesla, however, can use an adapter plug to charge at standard commercial stations,
and Electrify America says its charging stations will be compatible with a variety of plugs.
It takes a Level 1 charger about 30 hours to fully charge the electric version of the Ford Focus, which has a range of 115 miles.
Porsche’s Mission E electric vehicle is expected to be available by 2020,
and will be able to charge to a 250-mile range in 15 minutes, according to the carmaker.
The electric carmaker Tesla has a proprietary “supercharger” for its vehicles
that provides 120 kilowatts of power, adding 300 miles of range in 75 minutes.