I have done plenty of research into this. There is absolutely nothing irrational or close-minded about my criticisms.
I steadfastly maintain that UNLESS you have a focused use case, I think you would have to have your head examined to buy one. ESPECIALLY and specifically if you are NOT a “focused use” case.
And there are a lot of people who have purchased them who were NOT cognizant of the pitfalls.
Bear in mind, this is not a criticism of you.
You appear to be a “focused use” case, because you have multiple cars, etc. So, in your case, it is essentially a luxury and a toy. You can drive it short drives, within a certain radius of your domicile, to the hardware store, etc. And that is is. It works for you because you can afford it. And that is fine, UNLESS that if the purchase involved a EV rebate, provided by the government from taxpayer monies, I am dead set against it, root and branch. If there was no rebate-I am perfectly fine with people spending money on whatever they wish to spend it on, as long as MY taxes paid are not contributing to it in any way.
But if you have an EV and it goes over a rock or a branch and it comes up and damages the battery-or someone runs into the back of your vehicle as happened to me last month-you may be covered right now, but there will come a time when insurance companies are going to refuse to insure them, or will do so only for exorbitant prices because they will lose money hand over fist. So, unless there are taxpayer dollars to subsidize insurance, there will come a time when insurance will be infeasible.
And there may also be a time, not long in the future, where your homeowner insurance is going to go up if you store an EV on your property within a certain distance of the house. Something the insurance companies are taking a greater interest in surveilling, due to the ubiquity of drones. They are already using drones to examine the roofs of their homeowners they insure, and if your roof is not up to their standards, they have begun to warn homeowners that their insurance will be discontinued unless the roof is repaired.
Taking your EV on a Ferry? There may be a time soon when that will be impossible. (In your case, you could take one of your other cars and you would be fine. Or, just avoid going on ferries.)
If this seems far fetched, there are already auto repair places that are required by insurers to have a separate lot, a specific distance away from their repair facility, to store EVs in that are awaiting repairs.
Again, I think if you have the money to buy one as a toy (and if I had the money, I might consider it for short hops) that is great as long as it isn’t being subsidized by me or any other taxpayer.
I absolutely hear you on the tax credit. I used to be exactly the same way, thinking of it as my money. But now that Liberals are spending us into Oblivion, it is so overwhelming that I’ve given up. It’s not my money it’s every generation from here going forward. And if they’re going to give that money too everything from students majoring in something they can’t get a job with to a corrupt foreign country, a few thousand dollars is a small percentage. If we ever get back to fiscal responsibility then I’ll get back to thinking that way
I guess im naive enough to think that people will research before they buy one. If they intend to use it as their only car, they are indeed foolish. I can’t imagine anybody being that stupid. But yes, I do know there are Biden voters.
Insurance, whether it be homeowners or automobile, that’s just all speculation. Might happen, might not. Nobody has a crystal ball, just theories. Things are pretty lacks here in tennessee. Lots of personal freedoms, insurance companies here are nothing like what we dealt with in california. Or even texas.
Since I only drive local and there’s not a lake in sight that has a ferry, not an issue.
Thank you for your reasons responses. Time will tell! And it won’t break my heart to get rid of it. We already have too many vehicles/husband toys. I didn’t even mention the motorcycles! LOL