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To: Tell It Right

Exactly. EV’s make a great sports car or daily commuter for someone who can afford a charger in a garage, and an ICE second vehicle. They do not work well for long trips or as your only mode of transportation.


3 posted on 01/30/2024 11:41:08 AM PST by RightOnTheBorder
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To: RightOnTheBorder
Exactly. EV’s make a great sports car or daily commuter for someone who can afford a charger in a garage, and an ICE second vehicle. They do not work well for long trips or as your only mode of transportation

If you're a particular about the details and my real-world results of owning an EV and the practicality of it. Don't get an EV unless:

1) You're in the market for a new car anyway.

2) You're married and need two cars anyway so that one can be ICE to not be solely dependent on EV's.

3) The EV car in your marriage won't be the pickup.

4) You drive plenty of miles for the gas savings to more than offset the costs that come with the EV. (IMHO with gas and power prices in Alabama in year 2023 that's about 12K miles per year.) For my wife and me, we no longer say "her car" and "his truck". If we drive separately for the day and need two cars, whoever is driving the most that day takes the EV car unless that person needs the pickup for pickup chores, or the short driver is picking up an elderly person to ride and needs the EV because it's easier to get in, etc. In year 2023 we drove our EV a total of 26K miles, with about 16K miles charged at home.

4) You live in a home where you can set up a charger to charge at home (not to be confused with a Chargepoint or other pay as you go charger at some apartments because that can be as expensive as gas).

5) You don't live up north where the cold winters greatly reduce the efficiency of EV's.

6) Whatever road trips you usually take and want your new car (the EV) to be on, research before getting the EV to make sure most of your trips have good road-side charging options. You don't want to have to talk your old ICE pickup on every trip.

7) When on road trips your wife wants to stop every 150-200 miles and walk around for 10-15 minutes. LOL This is conducive to charging stops if you researched in step 6 above to confirm that the chargers you need are at least 150kW (most I use now on trips are 350kW).

8 posted on 01/30/2024 12:01:28 PM 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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