Range anxiety, to give this concern its official name, is one of the biggest barriers to buying an electric vehicle (EV) for most people. But actually getting stranded is very rare. I don’t know anyone who has, and in five years of driving electric cars, I’ve never run out of charge myself.
It does however remain a big concern in particular for those who do weekly motorway mileages, or live in rural areas and who have to rely on a public charging network that they may not have much confidence in.
