101 Things To Do While Your EV Charges In Someone’s Driveway.
As an EV driver you know charging time isn’t just a random stop on your trip. It’s a time-honored ritual. It’s an experience. It’s also a chore. Gas drivers fill up and go. But EV drivers plug in and… wait. Sometimes it‘s fifteen minutes at a fast charger, sometimes it’s an hour or two of charging, and sometimes it’s an hour or two waiting for a spot at a charger.
That’s how it’s been until now.
Because with RoadtoEV you have a wonderful opportunity to make the most of your day, while your car charges in the background. Now, you don’t have to plan your day or road trip around charging, you can just plan your adventure while your EV tops up.
And instead of circling or waiting for the next available public charger, you can simply book a local driveway, plug in and carry about your day. You’ll find it’s much better than staring at a progress bar watching 21% climb to 22.
So here’s your permission slip to live your life, and a little inspiration of how.
1. Adventure beckons
That tiny tattoo studio you’ve always driven past… Well, now’s your chance. That laser tag place, why not? That cosplay convention? Go for it.
With RoadtoEV, you can plan your adventure and find the closest driveway where your EV fills up. Suddenly many more places become worth visiting. The spots you thought were too far or charger sparse, seem closer. Now you can wonder where your sense of adventure will take you next?
2. Friends in far places
Remember those friends who were part of your daily life, and now live at the other end of the city, or two towns away? Meeting them felt like an expedition that had to be carefully planned because the public chargers are a 30 minute detour?
Not anymore. Now you can effortlessly glide over and let your EV charge in their neighbour’s driveway. While it fills, you can fill up with good food, good stories and good times.
3. Road Trippin’
The cross country road trip used to strike fear in every EV driver’s electric soul. Now every journey is a permission slip to explore new frontiers, new neighbourhoods and new cuisines.
Simply pull off at any exit, find the nearest RoadtoEV host and while your charge tops up, you can top up your knowledge of local food, friendly faces and places.
4. Pit Stops
With RoadtoEV, every charging stop can become a pit stop for curiosity.
That tiny coffee shop you’ve always driven past… Well, now’s your chance. That all-you-can-eat-wings place your coworkers keep raving about? Why not? That place on TikTok with the mouth-watering cinnamon rolls … Go for it!
You just charged your EV and your mood. Slurp, slurp! Where will your sense of adventure take you next?
5. Stretch your legs and your playlist
You’ve been dying to go to the swanky yoga class at the other end of town. The one with the other magnificent mommies with toned abs and steel buns. We’ve got the perfect plan for you. Find the nearest driveway on your RoadtoEV app, and move your body in whole new ways, and clear your body and mind.
You will return refreshed, as will your EV.
6. Drop your EV and go shop
There isn’t much that can’t be solved by a bit of retail therapy. So, plug in with a RoadtoEV host near a mall or local main street, and allow yourself to wander casually or with purpose.
Pick up a few things, watch people pass by, watch people wait for other people, maybe buy something completely unnecessary. The term for this is productive parking.
7. Don’t let hobbies take a backseat
All those hobbies you’ve been promising to get back to? Now’s the time! This is your window of opportunity. Pottery class. Check. Book Club. Check. Pickleball. Check, check and check!
There is so much more to be discovered about yourself when you’re not encumbered by the idea your EV might not have enough charge to get you there.
You’ve got the power. Literally.
8. Meet the locals
One of the silent superpowers of RoadtoEV is it turns charging into a community movement. When you book a driveway charger, you’re not just renting electricity, you’re meeting another EV enthusiast. A fellow early adopter, a neighbor who probably knows where the best tacos are or the local hotspots.
Home charging hosts are helping expand EV access in neighborhoods that don’t yet have enough public chargers. Listing your own charger keeps the cycle going. It’s helping more people go electric and maybe even making you a few dollars along the way.
Plug in, say hi, and remember you’re part of a growing network of drivers literally charging toward the future. Woohoo!
9. Take a hike
This was going to be a note about working remotely, but wouldn’t it be better, more fulfilling and more productive if you left your EV charging in someone’s driveway while you hit the trails.
Just an hour of sauntering though the woods, walking through the trees and foliage is enough to recharge and give you the boost you want for your car.
10. Quality time for quality folx
Charging can be a beautiful opportunity for human connection. Go on a long drive, bring your partner, your kids, your bestie or your dog along for the ride. (Awesome if your dog is your bestie).
And while your car tops up in a friendly driveway via RoadtoEV, you can explore a new park, grab lunch or just hang out and talk. Communication is what keeps us connected.
Now for a few from this writer’s wife when asked what she’d like to do while the EV charges in someone’s driveway
- Let the EV charge while we watch our favorite sports team live at a friend’s house or sports bar
- Let the car charge while I take kids to soccer training, ice hockey practice, ballet classes, music lessons, karate classes, kumon coaching. (umm, she might be a tiger mom)
- Attend (and loudly cheer) kids’ games: Soccer, ice hockey, ballet, music, swimming, theatre, karate, ping pong, and kumon.
- Spend a few hours at the spa: get nails done, then a massage. Car recharges, and so do I.
- Unwind with Yoga classes or get active with Zumba sessions.
- Spend time volunteering at schools or the shelter. (yes, she is a saint)
- Catch the latest blockbuster at the theatre. More points if it’s the premiere.
- Evening time, then a concert, for sure.
Now his kids
- Take your doggo for a walk and let everyone pet him
- Make a mess at a pottery class
- Visit your grandma and grandpa (they make the loveliest tea)
- Show your rizz at a singles event.
- Go on a date at a fancy restaurant. (But don’t mention your battery is at 27%)
- Sit by the lake and throw pebbles in
- Nap under a tree. (But check for bugs first)
- Take your kids to the playground (And don’t look at your phone)
From his ex (don’t tell his wife)
- Try a new café and leave a Yelp review
- Browse a Farmer’s Market and sample everything. EVERYTHING.
- Meet a friend for brunch and swear you’ll “split the bill next time.”
- Get your hair done and emerge a shinier version of yourself.
- Visit a furniture store and test drive the mattresses.
- Meditate at the park (and give stink eyes to anyone doomscrolling on their phone)
- Hit the gym (Both EV and you receive a level up)
- Drop your dog at a pet spa. Yes, that little princess deserves it.
Asked his neighbor
- Catch up on errands and feel like a functioning adult. Adulting is hard, my friend.
- Grocery shopping done. Fill up the pantry, fill up the battery.
- Explore a new town and try the ice cream there.
- Go mini golfing and take it way too seriously.
- Attend a local fair (and pay $15 for lemonade. Sigh.)
- Drop into a record store and pretend I still own a turntable.
- Visit my therapist. He’s at the other end of town for some reason. Emotional charge + battery charge = full power.
- Browse the new bookstore a town away, smell every page, touch every spine, leave with five books.
- Go antiquing and wonder if you need a $700 chair.
Asked his neighbor’s wife (hope neighbor doesn’t find out)
- Meet a friend “for a quick coffee” that turns into a two-hour life update.
- Visit an art gallery and pretend to understand abstract work.
- Go thrift shopping for things you’ll definitely “upcycle someday.”
- Visit a friend who lives “too far”.
- Conduct research to discover the best donut in town. Purely for scientific reasons. Volunteer to walk shelter dogs. That’s karma in motion.
- Long drive to a new town and discover how cool it actually is.
- Check out a new co-working space for “inspiration.”
- Sit in a cozy café window seat, sipping coffee and looking outside dreamily like it’s your job.
- Take a cooking class (and discover you’ve been chopping onions wrong your whole life.)
- Try an escape room. Extra points if I actually escape.
- Go to a karaoke bar and revive “I will survive”.
Asked his doctor
- Head to the comedy club for stand-up hour. Laughter, best medicine.
- Attend seminars for doctors to learn Gen Alpha slang (what are they even saying)
- Meet up with college buddies at brunch to see if they’ve had any interesting cases lately.
- Sit in a café journaling and then wonder what I’ve written because I can’t read my handwriting.
- Visit my accountant to see where my money is going!
His Accountant Said
- Visit the doctor. Too much stress from analyzing financial records and tax returns
Ask ChatGPT
Get a list that’s unique to you. Try this prompt. “You know me very well, my habits, my likes and dislikes, give me 40 things I can do while my car charges for 1 to 2 hours.”
And let us know yours…
101. Make moolah while someone else charges
Here’s the best hack of all. While you’re out exploring, someone else could be using your home charger and paying you for it.
Listing your home charger on RoadtoEV turns idle hardware into a side hustle. You set the access hours, the price and who can book it. It’s safe, secure and part of a growing peer-to-peer charging network that makes EV ownership easier for everyone.
You help expand the charging map in your city, meet other drivers and earn passive income. You are charging the future by helping solve one of the biggest bottlenecks in EV adoption.
This is community power in action.
The new kind of road trip
When you actually think about it, charging isn’t an excuse to avoid adventure. It’s an opportunity.
With RoadtoEV, you can plan your trips smarter. You can book reliable chargers on the road, wherever you’re going. No long detours, no waiting in line, no “hope the chargers are working.” Just drive, plug in and go enjoy your surroundings.
And if you’ve got a charger sitting idle in your garage or driveway, list it. You’ll be helping your community, building the EV network and turning your charger into something that pays for itself.
TL;DR: Plug in to possibility
With RoadToEV, you don’t sit in a random parking lot watching the vehicle charge, you don’t always have to spend time in a shopping mall… Instead of wasting time or paying much more than electricity cost by forcefully shopping… you get to live a little (or a lot).
Whether you use your charging time to wander, work, eat, nap or just breathe, you’re part of a growing culture that sees downtime as opportunity, not wasted time.
EV driving is also a lifestyle shift. RoadtoEV makes that shift seamless, letting you find, book and even host chargers with ease.
So the next time you plug in, remember you’re not waiting around, you’re recharging yourself, too.