Fascinating poll results about what people think a reasonable recharge time is for an EV:

Vehicle Technologies Program: Fact #702: November 21, 2011 Consumer Preferences on Electric Vehicle Charging:

Question: Considering your expected vehicle use, what is the longest time to fully recharge the battery that you would consider acceptable when buying or leasing an electric vehicle?

 



 

Damn… and I thought Americans were impatient. (Check those figures from Japan, in particular.)

See the page above for the raw data.