Posted on 03/09/2022 5:33:48 PM PST by NetAddicted
Many electric car owners have been reveling in their purchases as gas prices reach record highs.
-My text- They used the price of gas in California ($5.57 per gallon) for one car, figuring annual cost of fuel, versus costs of recharging at a charging station.
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How long does it take to fully charge a empty electric car..
Depends on how big is the battery and how many volts/amps does the charger put out.
Anywhere from 30 minutes to four days.
Have you read War and Peace?
Article says Level 3 public DC fast-charging stations can 80% refill in 18-40 minutes.
I remember reading an article on FreeRepublic a while ago about a guy from a Scandinavian country whose E car died. The dealer told him it will need a new battery pack.
The cost of the battery pack was the equivalent of $24,000 US Dollars not including labor. The man was so outraged he destroyed his E car. I presume he used the $24,000 plus dollars to buy an EVIL gas or diesel-powered car.
How much is your time worth? It seems for EVs to be as convenient as internal combustion you’ll need comparable refueling time. Either quick change batteries very fast charging or maybe nuclear power of some type.
Plus how long would take to amortize the expense of an EV?
>>How long does it take to fully charge a empty electric car<<
I really believe the lil woke greenie weenies think charging ones electric vehicle will be free of charge. Just simply pull up to a charging station and plug-r-n. After 45 minutes, bada bing, bada boom...get back out on the road.
I think the big unknown is battery life.
If the battery is down to below acceptable range at say 10 yrs, is is economical to replace it?
You win today !!
Plus add in the yearly tax a state charges to own an electric car. In my state, I believe its $300 a yr
Sooner later they will also charge by the mile
Yes, I’ve heard the cost of an EV battery is severely expensive, but this is the first time I’ve read it costs as much as a cheap, new, non-EV car.
EVs are a solution for a problem we don’t have
Except that I don’t know any employers who will fill your tank for free, at work.
Insurance is higher on evs also.
https://www.valuepenguin.com/how-having-electric-car-affects-your-auto-insurance-rates
LOL 😂
Yes, waiting on your gas car to be filled up is only 5 to 10 minutes. But it's 5 to 10 minutes every single time you fill up, even if you use it just for daily commutes and have to fill up only once per twice per week. But that's every week, 52 weeks per year.
Your concern is valid if you have only 1 car, it's an EV, and you're retired and traveling a lot. But if you're young and work too much to travel a lot, driving out of state only once or twice per year, then we're talking about a 40-minute wait to fill up to get 200 miles (using newer EV's that DC fast charge up to 80%) only a few times a year --- a small price to pay to keep from having to stop every week for 10 minutes of your time to wait on a gas car to fill up.
Don't get me wrong. I hate the Dims pushing everyone to go EV like forcing square pegs into round holes not meant for EV's. I just want my fellow Freepers to be armed with accurate facts.
An EV battery is Toxic and weights 900lbs
EVs make sense only if gas is unavailable but electricity is such as from solar cells. Maybe a dystopian America some day soon, maybe.
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