{"id":247146,"date":"2024-03-18T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/why-you-might-be-charging-your-ev-wrong-and-what-to-do-instead\/"},"modified":"2024-03-18T11:21:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T11:21:37","slug":"why-you-might-be-charging-your-ev-wrong-and-what-to-do-instead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/why-you-might-be-charging-your-ev-wrong-and-what-to-do-instead\/","title":{"rendered":"Why you might be charging your EV wrong \u2013 and what to do instead"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure class=\"img-border featured-image\"><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\tTesla Supercharger (Source: Tesla)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Many EV drivers carry over habits from driving gasoline cars when they charge EVs, but that leads to wasted time, inconvenience, and range anxiety, according to a new study. <\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-354420\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Professors Frances Sprei of Sweden\u2019s Chalmers University and Willett Kempton of the University of Delaware are EV technology and usage experts. They interviewed EV users in both Sweden and the US and found unanticipated and previously unreported EV charging habits and ideas. <\/p>\n<p>Their study, \u201cMental models guide electric vehicle charging,\u201d in April\u2019s edition of the peer-reviewed journal <em>Energy<\/em>, found that novice EV drivers, and even those who had months of EV driving experience, use a \u201cmonitor gauge\u201d mental model: They monitor the battery charge gauge while driving, and when the gauge is low, head to an EV charging station to&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/2024\/03\/18\/why-you-might-be-charging-your-ev-wrong-and-what-to-do-instead\/\"target=\"_blank\">Read the full article originally published at electrek.co.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tesla Supercharger (Source: Tesla) Many EV drivers carry over habits from driving gasoline cars when they charge EVs, but that leads to wasted time, inconvenience, and range anxiety, according to a new study. Professors Frances Sprei of Sweden\u2019s Chalmers University and Willett Kempton of the University of Delaware are EV technology and usage experts. 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