I definitely bought an electric car. It’s almost 3 years now. If I had to do it again I would buy the top model for 4000 dollars more. I don’t charge at home except on rare occasions. I have to unplug the dryer to plug in my car. I got free 600 dollars from the utility as compensation for a home charger and I took the money and spent it elsewhere.
One thing that made it possible for me to buy electric is the fact that my wife has a gas powered car. It takes five minutes to get enough fuel to go 400 miles. With electric it takes an hour to get enough fuel to go 200 miles. The energy cost is about half or better these days for electric. The net cost of the difference in range is measured in hours rather than dollars.
On the upside I have 33000 miles on it and have not changed the oil. Hahahaha. It’s great if you live in the southwest. Air conditioning works good without too much loss of mileage. Heating not so much.
I have taken several road trips of more than 500 miles and plan to again. The only problem is that there are places you can’t go. If you are on a stretch of highway you can’t easily take a side trip of 30 or 40 miles to hime to a waterfall. We drove to the Bristlecone Pines Park but we charged up first.
RE: I definitely bought an electric car. It’s almost 3 years now. If I had to do it again I would buy the top model for 4000 dollars more.
You must be among the top 5% income earners in this country... enjoy your vehicle.
You make one of my points, spontaneity and immediate freedom to go and choose is much limited. It is a point to point vehicle for the most part or a local runabout. They remind me a lot of airplanes which also don’t allow much in the way of spontaneity, you have to plan every move on a cross country. Anyway, you do it you are smart.
Maintenance is an attractive thing if you don’t need repairs.