I’ve never owned an EV and am seriously considering an EV when I upgrade from my current SUV. Obviously charging and range are top considerations. While there is a lot of news and debate around these two, I have seen fewer discussions around charging speed.

Specifically, my question is this. If an EV maker says it takes 20 mts to charge from 10%-80%, how long would it take to go from 50% to 80 or 90%. I’ve read numerous reports that as the battery is less drained, it takes significantly longer to charge.

The reason I ask this because for me, that is a key criteria for me. It’s very hard to plan my trip around looking for charging stations where I would be in the 10-30% charge or always ensuring I charge to 100% before the beginning of the trip.

I want to replicate my current behavior (with ICE) of not bothering to look at the fuel gauge but just filling up whenever I need to take a break. More often than not, I end up topping up, filling half tank of gas.

It seems that with EVs, I have to flip my behavior. I.e, plan my breaks around when the charge would be closer to 10-20%…else I would need to wait 35-45mts for car to get charged

Am I totally wrong here?