BLOWING THE FUSE

The Most Stressful US Cities To Drive An Electric Vehicle In, Visualized

A lot of EV ownership comes with "range anxiety." Here's an analysis of tweets showing which EV users, in the US, have the most.
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The Clunker Junker, a car research firm, scanned geotagged tweets to see which words and phrases people used when tweeting about electric vehicle charging. They then used TensiStrength, an academic stress detection tool, to analyze how much range anxiety was attached to them.



Key Takeaways

  • EV owners in Montana are the most stressed. Nearly one third (28.9 percent) of their tweets are anxiety-laden.

  • Kansas EV drivers seem the most chill. With only a 20.7 percent stress rating, it has the least stress among all the states.

  • Oakland, California, is the most anxious city in America with a 32.6 percent stress rating related to EVs, whereas Virgina Beach, Virginia, has the least (20.3 percent).





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Via Clunker Junker.

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