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re: Would you ever consider buying a electric car
Posted on 11/28/22 at 11:21 am to pioneerbasketball
Posted on 11/28/22 at 11:21 am to pioneerbasketball
They don't wow me enough to fork over the cash. Range loss is also an issue.
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Posted on 11/28/22 at 11:21 am to pioneerbasketball
I’m curious about the electric motorcycles that are being built but as of now I’m a no on cars and trucks.
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Posted on 11/28/22 at 11:22 am to el Gaucho
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I would but they’re just so expensive
This has not stopped Kayleah and Braxtons mom to get the 2022 maxed out GMC
Posted on 11/28/22 at 11:23 am to pioneerbasketball
I live in a city and park on the street. Doesn’t seem feasible
Posted on 11/28/22 at 11:23 am to pioneerbasketball
Im 47. I do t think it’ll be an option to buy ice before I die
Posted on 11/28/22 at 11:26 am to pioneerbasketball
I drive maybe 5k-7k miles a year and it’s almost all city miles. I may take 2-3 trips a year that are over 200 miles from home. I’ll be handing down my 3 year old Bronco sport to my 16 year old in January and buying a Tesla. I do wish the prices would come down though.
Posted on 11/28/22 at 11:27 am to pioneerbasketball
Yes, but only as a second car for short trips around town.
Posted on 11/28/22 at 11:27 am to deltaland
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The govt will probably force me to either by banning gas ones or making gas too expensive before I would ever naturally consider it
Supposedly California is banning new sales of gas vehicles by 2035. I doubt that actually happens though.
Posted on 11/28/22 at 11:34 am to pioneerbasketball
No maybe in 10 years I could change my mind
Posted on 11/28/22 at 11:35 am to pioneerbasketball
Right now? No. Down the road if the technology improves? Sure.
Posted on 11/28/22 at 11:36 am to Pvt Hudson
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My fear is that I tend to hold on to cars for a while - 10 years at least - and my cell phone battery life has taught me a thing or two about relying on batteries.
Not the same thing. There are plenty of long-term tests documented across the internet that show degradation is actually incredibly slow.
Posted on 11/28/22 at 11:37 am to pioneerbasketball
Would when it's instant charged
Posted on 11/28/22 at 11:40 am to S1C EM
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Not the same thing. There are plenty of long-term tests documented across the internet that show degradation is actually incredibly slow.
No offense, but I’m going to need to see more than long-term tests on the internet. What I’ll be looking for is EVs that have 300,000 miles and can still go 400+ miles on a charge. And I’ll need to see that the charge doesn’t take hours either.
When I see that, I’ll be all for it.
Posted on 11/28/22 at 11:41 am to pioneerbasketball
NO
Posted on 11/28/22 at 11:51 am to pioneerbasketball
I got an electric car for Christmas once. I think I was 5 years old. I quickly outgrew it. And the battery life made it impractical.
Posted on 11/28/22 at 11:52 am to fallguy_1978
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Supposedly California is banning new sales of gas vehicles by 2035. I doubt that actually happens though.
And I've been told I have to be RealID compliant to fly since about 2014. Still using my old, non-compliant DL
Posted on 11/28/22 at 11:53 am to Darth_Vader
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No offense, but I’m going to need to see more than long-term tests on the internet.
Not really sure what you want. A paper boy to deliver it to your porch? This is how you find stuff in the current century. Long-term, real-world test data is readily available.
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What I’ll be looking for is EVs that have 300,000 miles and can still go 400+ miles on a charge.
Read one this morning for a Tesla owner who is pretty close to this. Not quite at 400 miles on a charge since they don't start there to begin with, but pushing 300k miles with minimal loss of capacity.
My question for you is, when they meet your requirements, will you just move your goalposts again? Or will you actually give one a try? Most people I know who say things like this are against the idea of owning an EV mainly because it makes people think they're a lib. That's no reason to buy or not buy but to each his own, I guess.
Posted on 11/28/22 at 11:54 am to pioneerbasketball
If your job provides free charging and you plan on working that job for many years, then that would be a good scenario to get an EV. I know several people whose company has free charging stations in the parking lot. Problem would be if many coworkers also get EVs and hog the chargers
Posted on 11/28/22 at 11:56 am to pioneerbasketball
Electric cars are awesome machines. But the infrastructure isn't yet developed. And I would rather wait a few more years to let them get kinks worked out and make them better and more reliable.
Electric cars are the future, but that doesn't mean gas cars should be eliminated nor does it mean electric cars should be forced down our throats right now. Let the technology keep developing and the infrastructure build.
Electric cars are the future, but that doesn't mean gas cars should be eliminated nor does it mean electric cars should be forced down our throats right now. Let the technology keep developing and the infrastructure build.
Posted on 11/28/22 at 11:56 am to irishTiger18
As more and more people get EV's, then it'll stop being free, but still economical.
When I was driving yesterday we stopped at the packed hell that is Buc-ee's and I wouldn't be surprised if they started adding charging stations to the back row of parking to get people inside to shop
When I was driving yesterday we stopped at the packed hell that is Buc-ee's and I wouldn't be surprised if they started adding charging stations to the back row of parking to get people inside to shop
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