Simple truth is for a homeowner like myself who has 300 amp service. Which at max load uses half the amps of our connect which the power company is contract bound to give 300amp service too. Boomers don’t like EVs we don’t care the math makes sense for suburban commutes. If I can replace a $56K car that is running 28,000 miles a year with a 30K car that my employer will fuel up for me as part of my total comprehension package understand what that is I will take that if you boomers lack the financial wherewithal to understand that it’s no wonder the younger generations down on y’all.
For someone who claims “polymath” in their handle you miss a lot. First you assume that an ICE car that is replaced by an $30k EV costs $56k. You can get a 2024 Toyota Corolla for $24k. Not especially exciting or cool, but that would leave you $6k to the good at the start. Ignoring the time value of money you can buy a lot of gas for $6k.
Second you’ve finally acknowledged that the free charges at your employer are part of your compensation. Nothing wrong with that, but you do have to work to get that so they are no more free than your salary is free.
Additionally you misunderstand, probably because I didn’t explain myself properly, about the grid capacity issues I was referring to. I wasn’t referring to your 300 amp service as it is now. I was projecting what the widespread increased electrical demand would do to your ability to charge your EV. You may have 300 amp service, but the power company may and at times won’t have 300 amps to give you. A long time ago I worked in capacity planning for a major southeast power company and I can assure you that there isn’t huge amount of spare capacity in most power companies. Electricity is generated on an as needed basis and the only way to have spare capacity is to have additional generation sitting around idle until needed. Power companies’ run their cheapest generation called base load flat out these are hydro, nuclear and coal. Then come combustion turbines running on natural gas and in some cases diesel, but this is unusual. You will note that I ignored wind and solar because these are unreliable and you can’t dispatch solar on a cloudy day or wind on a calm or too windy day. Hopefully I’ve better explained what I was trying to put across about capacity. That widespread adaption of high demand machines will drop your electrical capacity drastically no matter what service you have at your house because all the available electricity will be used.
Nevertheless I support letting the market decide what type of vehicle people buy. Which means get the government’s boot off the scale with their direct and indirect subsidies to the EV industry and let the true cost out.
Oh and btw I’m not a boomer.