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To: ProtectOurFreedom
Agreed. EV's are good but only as an option, not a mandate. And for most people a hybrid is better than an EV, especially if that person has only 1 car.

Even though we like our EV enough to do most of our driving (26K miles in the past 12 months), I wouldn't have gotten one unless I was married and needed two cars anyway so that the 2nd car (a pickup) can be ICE for the times an EV won't do. Even if someone is in a similar situation as me, a hybrid would be better than an EV unless you drive it at least 16K or so miles per year (EV's are cheaper to drive per mile than hybrids, but hybrids are cheap enough to so that you the threshold for miles driven to be worth the EV is a bit high.) Those numbers are based on my Alabama gasoline and power prices.

Even with all of that working in my favor I was thiiisssss close to replacing my wife's old ICE car with a hybrid instead of an EV.

4 posted on 12/07/2023 8:02:15 AM PST by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Tell It Right

There is one thing to be considered when considering a hybrid. They DO make a lot more sense than an EV, but are still a very complicated piece of machinery, not without their own problems,& are likely to be more expensive to repair than a normal vehicle. I am basing this on some limited experience with hybrids.


48 posted on 12/07/2023 12:50:37 PM PST by oldtech
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