• cybersandwich@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I went on a trip recently and reserved a rental car at the airport. When I went to pick it up there was a huge line.

    They were running out of vehicles and didn’t have the types of vehicles that people reserved. I heard them offer electric vehicles to, no exaggerating, at least 10 people. All of them declined.

    The common theme was “I don’t know how I’d charge the thing”. Would their hotel have a charger? Would their other destinations? Where were they? How do the chargers work? Do I need an app?

    It struck me because that’s still a major issue for EV adoption. Maybe it’s just lack of exposure, but I recall a video that MKB did a while back that said EV charging is too complicated and annoying for normal people.