If you have an electric vehicle, have you ever actually run out of power?

Not yet. My car turns 7 in April. I have a charger in my driveway, so I plug in every night, set it to charge to about 70% of capacity which is around 200 miles of range (plenty for me in a day and it’s better for the batteries), and then I don’t have to worry about it. About once a week I travel to a town that’s about 80 miles away and drive around there. On those days I charge up to 95% and only occasionally have to use the supercharger for about 10 minutes to give myself an extra buffer to get home when it’s very cold outside (maybe half a dozen times per year).

I save about $2,000 per year in fuel (and that’s after factoring in the extra expense on my power bill), never have to do oil changes, wake up early to fill up before work, transmission flushes, spark plug replacement, fuel filter replacement, timing/serpentine belt replacement, and because of the regen breaking, I’m still on my original set of brake pads after ~90k miles. I’m pretty sure my. car will work out to be cheaper than owning a Corolla by the time I’m ready for a new car.

I will never go back to a gas car and neither will my wife. And there are other awesome benefits like pet mode where you can leave the A/C running in your car and keep your dog at a comfortable temperature while you go to the grocery store (or in my case, keep the wine in my car from getting ruined from being too hot).