Normally we fill the gas tank when stopping for gas – it’s just convenient that way. In an electric, if you’re got a plug where you work and a plug where you park, you just take 10 seconds to connect before you walk away, and the battery fills while you’re off living your life. These days, you’ll usually go more miles on a tank full of gas than on an EV battery full of electricity. For the moment, more affordable electric models offer somewhere between about 300 and 400 kilometres of driving per charge; with a full tank of gasoline, a compact car can drive double that distance, or more.