>It takes 5 minutes to refill my ICE car and 20 minutes to refill my Tesla at a supercharger. That's a factor of 4, not an order of magnitude.
One of these is going from empty to full, the other isn't. You can split hairs all you like on whether or not it's good enough to charge from 20%-80%, the reality is, a petrol bowser is filling a standard vehicle at a rate of 3.5MW, with zero attenuation of the charging rate as you approach a full tank. They just aren't equivalent.
>In addition, I don't have to babysit the pump when refilling my Tesla. I can sit in the car in air conditioned comfort and check my email or watch Netflix on the console while the car is filling. I can walk away from the car and use the restroom and buy a snack and stretch my legs while the car is filling. All that is impossible or illegal if I'm alone while refilling my ICE car.
Okay, if that works for you, more power to you. It doesn't work for me. I don't have any love affair with petrol stations, but if it's a choice of refilling the tank in 5 minutes every other week versus plugging my car in every night, or planning my trip around charging stops, I'll pick the former every time.
I get that. I like trip planning. I like plugging my car in every night and starting every day with an 80% full tank and never stopping at a gas station except to squeegee my windshield.
I even like doing backroads trips where there are no superchargers and I have to think creatively about where to get electricity. That's fun for me, but I understand how it might not be for everybody.
One of these is going from empty to full, the other isn't. You can split hairs all you like on whether or not it's good enough to charge from 20%-80%, the reality is, a petrol bowser is filling a standard vehicle at a rate of 3.5MW, with zero attenuation of the charging rate as you approach a full tank. They just aren't equivalent.
>In addition, I don't have to babysit the pump when refilling my Tesla. I can sit in the car in air conditioned comfort and check my email or watch Netflix on the console while the car is filling. I can walk away from the car and use the restroom and buy a snack and stretch my legs while the car is filling. All that is impossible or illegal if I'm alone while refilling my ICE car.
Okay, if that works for you, more power to you. It doesn't work for me. I don't have any love affair with petrol stations, but if it's a choice of refilling the tank in 5 minutes every other week versus plugging my car in every night, or planning my trip around charging stops, I'll pick the former every time.