The ones pimping EVs so hard don’t even drive one themselves. Typical liberal “EVs for thee but not for me” nonsense.
I lease a model 3 snowwhite on black with FSD RWD with the LFP packs I made the plunge after doing the math a week ago. From my garage plug its five times to infinitely cheaper since l do have solar panels on my roofs a large system for prepper lifestyle I can flip a switch and go grid free.
So yes I do have a EV now a nice one it’s way better tech than the S60 Volvo that cost twice as much capex. I am leasing it by the week unlimited miles I have to give 8 hours a week to the ride share group to cover the lease I don’t have to drive it for 8 hours only put it up for Turo type use. Those 8 hours pays for the weekly lease. The rest of the week is at my discretion if I’m not using it much as I have three other vehicles in the stable of vehicles I can peer to peer it over night or by blocks of time and put money in my pocket. Why people don’t do this more is a mystery maybe it’s boomers vs the youngers where we do gig and peer to peer natively. I let people bring it back near empty I’ll just charge it on the cheap at the house.
Uber will rent you a Model Y black for $250 a week. The average Uber black ride is $200 per hour. I know people who drive two or three hours a week and have a free car the rest of the week. Kinda genius turn a profit and have a free car.
Put this way. The average cost of a new car is $45,000 that will go 35mpg in the city. Trucks are well over $50000
Someone comes to the USA with a similar sized 5 passenger sedan that costs $20000 and has a 300 mile range while costing five times less per mile to drive.
Do you see large numbers of people spending 25,000 more dollars to have 200 more miles of range that they use one or twice per year?
Even if those people do not have L2 plugs at home it’s still cheaper to go to a supercharger for half an hour each week. Do you see people saying well that half hour is not worth the 25 grand extra to have a car I need that twice a year for. If you do think that way you are a textbook confirmation bias case. The first group with $25K or less 200 mile EVs kills the American urban car markets