[Skwor]

The risk of an EV on home charge alone makes it a bad idea, the fire hazard is a real concern. AND Still way easier to buy a cheap ICE then an EV. EV imo is neither practical nor sensible, it is a niche luxury item at best.

[Blueflag]

My EV always home-charges outside.

But then again, it’s an F-150 Lightning ;-)

AND I got a **GREAT** deal on it money-wise.

SO hate all ya want, it’s a great vehicle. AND it has FAR more power than my 2012 F-150 I traded in for it. 310 legit miles range in the summer so far.

[Lovely-Day-For-A-Guinness]

...the fire hazard is a real concern

A few weeks ago we took our truck on a ferry to Long Island. On the return trip, we were the first car on and had nothing but the sea in front of our position at the stern. The car adjacent to us was a Tesla. The entire time I was thinking about whether the thing would light up, and if it did there was no way to push it overboard.

I'm sure some EV-boi, perhaps one who owns a mustang, will chirp about more ICE automobiles catch fire than EV's. That's true, but it's uncommon for ICE vehicles to combust spontaneously when the engine isn't running. Accidents and neglect are the major reasons ICE vehicles burn.

[Tell It Right]

What concerns me more is the risk of the left's warmageddon cult on energy prices. I don't want my transportation freedom limited by the left's regulations. By having both an EV and a gas car, the left has to mess up both power and gasoline prices to limit our transportation.

Think of the times they predict power shortages -- we take the gas pickup. Think of times gas was $5/gallon and there were shortages (IMHO gas is still a bit too high) -- take the EV. We don't have all of our transportation eggs in one basket for the Dims to mess up. And that's long trip driving.

For short trip driving our EV trips don't require us to buy energy from the over-regulated power market because in the south it's good for our home solar. Most of the power that we pull from the grid occurs during the 4 wintery months from November to February. The other 8 months we hardly pull from the grid -- including when we charge our EV for 1,500 miles per month. IMHO being a conservative is more than just voting for the right people and demanding govt be smaller and less intrusive. Being a conservative is looking for ways to reduce how much govt can interfere with our lives. The left has made it clear that they're over-regulating energy, so I chose to make our energy consumption be more from homemade energy (including our driving, since the EV can take advantage of power made from decentralized solar).