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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.

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Electric Cars Are More Reliable Than Gas Cars — New Study (cleantechnica.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Oil changes and frequent visits to the petrol/gas station. I just plug in my car in my driveway every night and I'm golden.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oil changes are cheap and don't happen very often. Gas is expensive but at least it is readily available and fast. EV chargers are common, but not in all the places where gas stations are and so sometimes not where you need one. No EV yet charges as fast as I can fill a tank of petro. If you never go on road trips you may not care, but since I do road trips this matters to me.

Yes plugging my EV in every time I get home saves me from visiting the petro station often. (I have a plug in hybrid)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Our second car is a plug-in but l hybrid for road trips. Agree, that's a useful case for ICE, but that car costs us far more to drive than our EV.

90% of personal driving (I'm ballpark guessing) is in town and can be handled by charging an EV overnight every few days by most drivers - doesn't even have to be nightly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

At least in the US there are not good options though. Since a minivan is the right vehcile for our family we get a new id.buzz, or for half the price a used pacifica (which we were lucky to find at all). Everything else is ICE. I don't know how anyone can afford a new car - I make more than the average person and the payments on the used minivan are already hard.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This does not help people who rent or don't have a driveway. This a significant portion of the United States. Cannot charge a car when you have no place to charge it and sitting for an hour or 2 at a super charger is much more of a waste in time than filling up a car at a gasoline station.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Totally agree, that's a huge issue that needs to be solved. Apartment complexes need to start putting in more outlets - they don't even need to be L2.

Those who have to park on the streets will be a tougher challenge.