I've owned and driven EVs for the past six years so can shed some light on this and hopefully calm some fears and misconceptions I'm seeing here in the comments from some non-EV owners.
Charging infrastructure is already mostly fine and getting better every day. To find chargers look at an app like PlugShare and you'll see they're pretty much everywhere. You likely don't notice them when you're out in the world and therefore may think they aren't that common but that's because they typically don't have giant signs above them that you can see from a highway like most gas stations do. EV chargers tend to be pretty low-key and unassuming because all the EVs nav systems know where they are as do the apps, they don't need giant lit signs like a gas station does.
Charging time will depend heavily on what battery architecture Scout decides to go with. I strongly recommend that Scout goes with an 800V architecture like Hyundai-Kia EVs have. It makes an enormous difference in charging time. Most EVs are based on 400V packs and can typically charge around 150-170kW. The VW ID4 for example can do 170kW which gives charging times out in the world of around half an hour to 45 mins or so. Pretty reasonable. My 800V Ioniq 5 though is a charging beast. It can really take advantage of 350 kW chargers and as a result my charge stops are typically under 20 mins, usually around 10 to 15 mins (you almost never do the full 10%-80% thing on a road trip in real life, I usually roll in with percents in the teens or twenties which shortens the charge time from the nominal 10-80% in 18 mins thing). The difference between 400V and 800V is huge.
Charging infrastructure is already mostly fine and getting better every day. To find chargers look at an app like PlugShare and you'll see they're pretty much everywhere. You likely don't notice them when you're out in the world and therefore may think they aren't that common but that's because they typically don't have giant signs above them that you can see from a highway like most gas stations do. EV chargers tend to be pretty low-key and unassuming because all the EVs nav systems know where they are as do the apps, they don't need giant lit signs like a gas station does.
Charging time will depend heavily on what battery architecture Scout decides to go with. I strongly recommend that Scout goes with an 800V architecture like Hyundai-Kia EVs have. It makes an enormous difference in charging time. Most EVs are based on 400V packs and can typically charge around 150-170kW. The VW ID4 for example can do 170kW which gives charging times out in the world of around half an hour to 45 mins or so. Pretty reasonable. My 800V Ioniq 5 though is a charging beast. It can really take advantage of 350 kW chargers and as a result my charge stops are typically under 20 mins, usually around 10 to 15 mins (you almost never do the full 10%-80% thing on a road trip in real life, I usually roll in with percents in the teens or twenties which shortens the charge time from the nominal 10-80% in 18 mins thing). The difference between 400V and 800V is huge.
), but planning long trips around restaurant sit downs while the EV charges seems to be a no brainer to me.
