1) I'm married and live in an area where we need 2 cars for the days we split up to run separate errands.
2) It was time to replace my wife's car anyway.
3) We can set up charging at home.
4) We drive tons of local miles charged at home (14K miles in the past 12 months) to make the gas savings and oil change savings worth it, but usually slow charge the battery.
5) We don't live in the cold north nor do we often make road trips north during the winter.
6) Most of the road trips we make are along areas with plenty of fast charging options (though we do have the gas pickup we can take if we decide to drive to other areas).
7) When we drive on long trips my wife wants to stop every 200 or so miles and walk around for 10-15 minutes. (Again, we have the gas pickup I can take on a road trip if I go without my wife.)
Last year we drove the EV from Alabama to east Canada and back. But again, that's an example of both a time (summer trip up north, not winter trip up north) and an area (densely populated eastern seaboard with many chargers) that EV's are good. The gas and oil change savings are real, and we drive it enough so that the savings more than offset the extra costs that come with an EV.
It sounds great UNTIL you have a fire and it burns down your swelling OR your insurance rates rise up and gobble your savings OR your battery needs replaced OR their is a horrendous waste disposal fee attached to these from the toxic materials. Too many unknowns for me plus little resale value looking at car auction videos. people are leery of a used EV.
You don’t need to justify your freely made decisions to anyone here.
I could use one around town too but I prefer my 93 S10 pickup for the next 10 years or so at least.
I’m a mechanic so , no problema.
I’m waiting for when it makes sense to myself at my own choosing.
I will resist government mandates to my dying breath.
FJB!!!!