How Do You Pass The Time While Charging An Electric Car? And How Long Does It Take?

"A woman shows how she passes the time while charging her electric vehicle. The secret? Keeping a game and a friend handy. TikTok user Charline (@charlinedeclercq) posted a video of her EV charging hack earlier this week. In the video, she and a friend are standing in a Luxembourg parking lot playing a catch-and-toss game with paddles. "POV: You drive an electric car," Charline writes in the on-screen text. In the comments, Charline confirms that this is how she copes with the EV "waiting game.""

"How Do You Pass the Time While Charging an Electric Vehicle? Charline isn't the first person on the internet to share how they spend their EV charging time. Two years ago, a Reddit user posted to r/BoltEV asking what other people do. "I wish I could just take a nap, but can't do that," the person wrote. "Obviously, I have my phone. But I was thinking of keeping my iPad to use to watch Netflix. Bigger screen and more comfortable to watch in my Bolt.""

Charline posts a TikTok video showing her and a friend playing a catch-and-toss paddle game in a Luxembourg parking lot while an EV charges. She labels the clip "POV: You drive an electric car" and confirms the activity as a way to cope with charging wait times. Other EV owners report varied strategies, including using phones, tablets, Kindles, laptops, or handheld consoles to read, stream, and play during charges. Some owners favor home chargers to avoid public charging delays and view home charging as a major convenience. Others argue that EV ownership without home charging is impractical.

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