Before you bought your first EV, which if you're like me would be the Tesla you now own, what was your refueling routine?
I mostly drove a variety of Hondas and the last two vehicles I owned were a Honda S2000 and a Jeep Wrangler. Through my ~25 years of petrol car operation I almost exclusively would drive the car until the fuel light came on and then went to a nearby semi-familiar gas station and paid with my credit card to fill the tank. Usually some kind of name-brand like Shell or Chevron. Others if I was on a road trip.
I can't think of a time I didn't fill the tank. And I can't think of many times I filled up early. Likely only on road trips and filled up during some other stop (food or toilet break).
Many times I can recall noting a very low tank leaving the house in the morning and thinking "Ah, I'll just get gas on my way home from work tonight". And a few times even realizing the fuel light hadn't come on as I neared the neighborhood so I just went home and waited until the next day to deal with that fueling frustration.
When I was commuting I remember occasionally making the decision to fill up in the town I lived in rather than the town I worked in. That sometimes caused me to make bad decisions about getting on the road home with a very low tank and hoping I made it to the exit.
Obviously now it's very different. If the "tank" is less than 1/2 full I plug in overnight and the next day it's over 3/4 full. I don't have a favorite local filling location because I've never needed anything I couldn't get from my own house.
How has that part of vehicle operation changed for you?
I mostly drove a variety of Hondas and the last two vehicles I owned were a Honda S2000 and a Jeep Wrangler. Through my ~25 years of petrol car operation I almost exclusively would drive the car until the fuel light came on and then went to a nearby semi-familiar gas station and paid with my credit card to fill the tank. Usually some kind of name-brand like Shell or Chevron. Others if I was on a road trip.
I can't think of a time I didn't fill the tank. And I can't think of many times I filled up early. Likely only on road trips and filled up during some other stop (food or toilet break).
Many times I can recall noting a very low tank leaving the house in the morning and thinking "Ah, I'll just get gas on my way home from work tonight". And a few times even realizing the fuel light hadn't come on as I neared the neighborhood so I just went home and waited until the next day to deal with that fueling frustration.
When I was commuting I remember occasionally making the decision to fill up in the town I lived in rather than the town I worked in. That sometimes caused me to make bad decisions about getting on the road home with a very low tank and hoping I made it to the exit.
Obviously now it's very different. If the "tank" is less than 1/2 full I plug in overnight and the next day it's over 3/4 full. I don't have a favorite local filling location because I've never needed anything I couldn't get from my own house.
How has that part of vehicle operation changed for you?