Report: Electric Vehicle Owners Face ‘Logistical Nightmare’ in Charging Cars

According to ABC News, electric vehicle owners have discovered that there are downsides to not having to rely on gas. Report—they face a “logistical nightmare” While driving longer distances, it is often difficult to locate chargers for cars and can take hours to get them.

Steve Hammes from New York said that his father has been stressed by planning how his daughter can recharge her Hyundai Kona electric car on her trip from Albany to Pennsylvania.

“It makes me a little nervous,” Hammes said. “We want fast chargers that take 30 to 40 minutes—it would not make sense to sit at a Level 2 charger for hours. There isn’t a good software tool that helps EV owners plan their trips.”

ABC News received similar stories from other drivers, who shared their experiences of finding fast charging stations for road trips, and then being stuck for hours while they dealt with broken chargers and lines. As the Biden administration pushes to switch the public from gas-powered cars towards electric, these logistical difficulties are a result. Setting a goal By 2030, electric vehicles will account for 50% of all auto sales.

ABC News reported on the challenges of charging electric cars. Even though drivers can reach chargers easily, some chargers are not as advanced as Tesla’s Level 2 chargers. These chargers take hours to charge an electric car. ABC News spoke with a frustrated driver who said that he had seen charging areas occupied by gas cars, broken chargers and charging cords not reaching his vehicle.

Extreme weather conditions can be more challenging because the range of electric vehicles is reduced when the heat is applied.

“You use the luxuries … and the range plummets,” ABC News was told by one driver. Another driver claimed that she was left at a station freezing cold for hours after the charging cable got stuck in her Tesla.

Biden’s push to electric vehicles has drawn criticism for logistical issues, as well as for how green policies would be beneficial to China, the dominant manufacturer of electric vehicle battery batteries. The Washington Free Beacon reported Last week, the Administration announced that its green subsidies, which were passed last summer, will be used to fund Chinese technology and workers involved in the manufacture of electric vehicles.