A cautionary tale. Read it BEFORE you buy!-----I rented an electric car for a 4-day road trip. I spent more time charging it than I did sleeping. | Fox Business

I rented an electric car for a 4-day road trip. I spent more time charging it than I did sleeping. | Fox Business  -By Rachel Wolfe Wall Street Journal

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  Four days and 2,000 miles from New Orleans to Chicago totaled $175 in charging costs
• I thought it would be fun.
  

"That's what I told my friend Mack when I asked her to drive with me from New Orleans to Chicago and back in an electric car.
...Over four days, we spent $175 on charging. 

We estimated the equivalent cost for gas in a Kia Forte would have been $275, based on the AAA average national gas price for May 19. 

That $100 savings cost us many hours in waiting time.
But that's not the whole story..."