chrissybabe wrote:
It would appear that few on here are aware of what is happening in the EV world. Unsold EVs on dealer lots, Ford and GM reducing if not stopping EV production, doubling of depreciation cf ICE (nobody seems to be taking that into consideration when working out their costs to run), higher initial cost (another cost cf ICE), massive fires the odd time an EV goes up into smoke, trip time longer, fuel anxiety a lot higher, cost of repairs higher, road damage higher which EV owners aren't paying for - yet (weight of EV is higher than an ICE), in most cases the electricity is from burning coal (so much for enviromentally friendly), initial cost of manf higher. There are others.
And the value of an EV when it becomes time to replace the battery will be zero so current EV depreciation hasn't reached its true value yet.
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I have t driven GM EV’s yet, but I did drive the Mustang. It neither looked nor drove like a Mustang. It was sloppy, slow, and felt cheap as compared with the Tesla. Another of the reasons that EV’s other than Tesla aren’t selling well is due to the slow/broken public chargers. By 2025 nearly all EV makers will be using the Tesla Supercharger and that will reduce fuel anxiety to near zero.
The odds of a Tesla burning is so low as to have less importance than the faulty airbags on so many ice cars.
More electricity today comes from green sources than coal. Except for West Virginia and maybe Montana, charging by electricity is greener than gasoline.
ICE cars produce pollution. Air from the exhaust, water from fracking and spills. Trust me, you would much rather sit behind a Tesla than an ICE car in traffic.
EV’s don’t weigh more than SUV’s. EV’s don’t require gasoline delivery trucks that weigh tons.
Gas stations leaked PTE which polluted nearly the entire country. Every gas station had to be retrofitted with new tanks, and only some of the land pollution was fixed. There is a map of ground pollution from oil, gas and chemical spillage from gas stations, drilling and moving oil, diesel and gas.
It will take time, but we are better off moving to EV vehicles.
BUT: If you don’t own your own home, or have the ability to charge from a dedicated charger at your apartment, you should not buy an EV- yet.
You don’t want one, that’s ok, but I’m telling you, try driving the Tesla. Floor the sucker. You still won’t get it, but it will make you smile.