Anyone that wants an EV should get one. Anyone that wants a gas car should get one. 71% of EV owners also own gas cars.
“71% of EV owners also own gas car”
Yup Tesla 3 & Model Y, F250 Diesel, Expedition 4x4 ecoboost recently sold my S60 which was and will be my last ICE sedan. The trucks get kept to do truck things and truck things only.
FSD and DFW biblical gridlock is why I first looked at the Model 3. Then when I realised it was like getting 30 cent per gallon gasoline on per mile of energy consumption basis the economics instantly made sense. It has a payment half the Volvo it replaced so from mile one it was already less expensive capex and since fuel and maintenance are o me tenth it was a no brainer. It’s a lease so the battery is irrelevant it gets turned in and a brand new one takes it place next year. If the pack fails its under warranty with the option to just roll the lease to a new one. Same for the Model Y which is being used for Uber Black by one of my undergraduates I employ as a driver. I had the capital and credit rating he has the labor. It turns a profit just barely but it’s a free SUV for me the 4 days he doesn’t use it for Uber Black.
EVs are the near perfect suburban and urban commuter car. My 3 routinely gets taken 125 miles to Ft Worth and back much further than the average American commute of 40 miles or under. Most people as in 96% drive less than 30 miles per day and go 400 miles from home less than twice a year. That’s just the product of the majority of the U.S. Population living in urban statistical census areas and by most I mean 75%. We are a urban nation regardless of what the flyover country folks think they make up less than 10% of the population, the other are in suburbs and exurbs not more than 50 miles from a major urban area.
A 100 mile EV covers 96% of all trips taken and for the average urbanite all but two of there trips per year. You rent a car for edge cases that’s solid fiscal logic. You can rent a full sized sedan with unlimited mileage for $25 per day as a retail customer or $180 a week with a loyalty or corp membership. Even a two week vacay road trip cross country makes $$$ sense to rent and put the miles on someone else depreciating asset. This is freshmen economics 1101 stuff.