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nastratin t1_jd90q6f wrote

>Women were twice as likely to say they were concerned about their safety at public charging stations. Unlike gas stations, charging stations do not have employees on site and tend to be more out of the way — often they are situated in the back of parking lots. And in comparison to the five minutes it takes to fill up a car with gas, electric cars require at least 30 minutes to recharge.

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LanghamP_ t1_jd9x59k wrote

My observation is that EV owners almost always charge at home. Charging an EV is the reason why one should buy an EV; one need never again go to a gas station where stupid people are doing stupid things at stupid times.

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justahandfulofwords t1_jdaha6m wrote

I feel like this paragraph really does most of the heavy lifting in the article.

More importantly, those who buy electric cars tend to own their homes, meaning they can install chargers and plug in their cars overnight, negating the need to use a public charger for day-to-day commutes. For women and people of color, who are less likely to own homes and are more likely to live in multifamily dwellings where charging stations are often not part of the parking infrastructure, charging their cars becomes an additional task. 

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