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To: Controlling Legal Authority

Well, you are obviously well-established if the increased TCO is not a concern. Premium tire prices, increased electricity bill, higher insurance premiums for the car and your home, urban parking fees (many parking garages will not allow EVs) so add in some Uber, etc.

IMHO if one simply *must* have some kind of EV then the Toyota hybrids are the way to go. At least they have a small ICE that can move the vehicle when freezing weather kills the battery.


30 posted on 10/06/2025 1:34:54 PM PDT by ByteMercenary (Election 2020 was stolen by mail-in voting.)
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To: ByteMercenary

I did think about a hybrid, but the cost of a plug in hybrid, which I would have considered, was a little steep the last time I checked. And the maintenance needed on a hybrid, as with all ICE vehicles is something I’d like to not have to think about either. Electricity cost is more than offset by no gasoline purchases. My homeowners Insurance wasn’t affected. Like I said in an earlier post my only experience with a car spontaneously combusting was with a Pontiac.


41 posted on 10/06/2025 1:43:43 PM PDT by Controlling Legal Authority (Author of “Are You Ready to Adopt?”)
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