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When it comes to driving electric, it helps a lot to be able to charge at home. But, even if you have a great charging setup in your own driveway or garage, when it comes to a long trip, that only takes care of your needs for about half of the vehicle’s real-world range at most. When you go further than that point of no return, you’ll have to charge the vehicle away from home. At that point, things change, and an EV driver’s needs change with it.
Or do they?
A recent survey by the Transportation Energy Institute’s Electric Vehicle Council shows us that an EV driver’s needs might actually be pretty similar to those of their main charging station at home! After seeing the numbers, I realized that most driver needs charging away from home are really just a variation of needs at home….
Read the full article originally published at cleantechnica.com.