Opel extends range of electric Mokka to 406 km – Picture and sound – News

I think this argument no longer holds! I fill the car once a week for 5 minutes, not 5-7 times a week for 30 minutes (in the case of a fast charger) or 5-7 times 10-14 hours on the home charger at night.

What you say here is very strange, apparently you do around 1000km a week if you only have to refuel once a week (so you drive a diesel with a big tank, my previous petrol tank only did 550km).

It’s not fair that for 1000 km you have to fast charge 5-7 times a week for 30 minutes or charge at home for 14 hours.

With 5x charging, you only need to do 200km per charging session. My old EV does it in 5 hours on 1 stage or 20 minutes on the fast charger. The latest generation of electric vehicles (Ioniq5 or EV6) can recharge this range in less than 5 minutes.

Ultimately, in practice, this boils down to plugging in 2x max 3x a week (especially if you can do it at home!), instead of detouring to a gas station and refueling there for 5 minutes. You truly have no more discussions in terms of saving time.

Scenarios also have to be accepted when I get home in the evening or when I forget to connect the car and can continue driving it the next day without worries.

Electric vehicles have long been capable of making more than 1 commute per day per battery charge.

I still find it too annoying having to immediately look for a cable wherever you stop the car, the exact same feeling when your phone is on 1%-5% and you are in a hurry to find a charger.

You will not drive an EV with a range of 400km like this Opel from the article at 5% empty every day. And if so, then you belong to the 1-2% of the Netherlands who can still safely drive on fuel.