New terminology always comes along
Who starts new terminology?
Baffles me when a word or term is attached to a movement of ideology.
Such as [b]Woke[/b]. Someone must have first used the term and it stuck.
"Charger Anxiety" has started to be a thing here in Australia.
The sinking feeling electric car owners experience when arriving at a charging station only to find it is out of order — or there is a long queue to use the only functioning charger.
In the western Victorian city of Ballarat, three of four fast chargers at a central location have been out of service for more than a month.
"Every time I leave the house I think 'Oh, is it going to be an issue?' But I never have to think about buying diesel," Mr Wilson of Ballarat said.
"I've also had times where there's been a queue here to charge and I've had to wait 45 minutes and you want to get home. It's just a bit unreliable."
For new hybrid car owner Ben Castro, charger functionality is another issue.
"In Melbourne, I had a look on a couple of charger information apps, went to the area and there were lots of cars. Then I found out that the charger that would connect to my car wasn't working," he said.
While he was driving around looking for another charging station his battery ran flat and he had to switch to the combustion engine.
"Charger Anxiety" - will this be a new norm in our lives?
Baffles me when a word or term is attached to a movement of ideology.
Such as [b]Woke[/b]. Someone must have first used the term and it stuck.
"Charger Anxiety" has started to be a thing here in Australia.
The sinking feeling electric car owners experience when arriving at a charging station only to find it is out of order — or there is a long queue to use the only functioning charger.
In the western Victorian city of Ballarat, three of four fast chargers at a central location have been out of service for more than a month.
"Every time I leave the house I think 'Oh, is it going to be an issue?' But I never have to think about buying diesel," Mr Wilson of Ballarat said.
"I've also had times where there's been a queue here to charge and I've had to wait 45 minutes and you want to get home. It's just a bit unreliable."
For new hybrid car owner Ben Castro, charger functionality is another issue.
"In Melbourne, I had a look on a couple of charger information apps, went to the area and there were lots of cars. Then I found out that the charger that would connect to my car wasn't working," he said.
While he was driving around looking for another charging station his battery ran flat and he had to switch to the combustion engine.
"Charger Anxiety" - will this be a new norm in our lives?
