I have plenty of battery operated tools in my shop. But they all have multiple batteries so I can keep going while the discharged batteries are being recharged. The ones that don't have replaceable batteries, I have more than one - again, so that I can keep going once a battery goes dead.
A tool that I have to wait on for the battery to charge - for who knows how long while I'm stuck doing nothing with things to do - is a useless POS and of no interest to me. Even if it were free.
So...about these electric vehicles...
Would you trade your battery powered drill for a gas powered one that lasted a little longer, but then you had to find a gas station to refill it, versus plugging in the batteries in your garage and letting them charge overnight? (to make the analogy work, you can't have a jerry can at home, unless you carry one in your car/truck as well). (Yes, a problem with analogies is that they are never perfect, so the discussion often moves to debating the analogy instead of the original point
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abetterrouteplanner.com lets you pick a car and a route, then it says how long it would take to charge along the way, and about how much it would cost. The results aren't what most people assume they are...
