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Nearly Half of EV Owners Would Switch Back to Combustion Engine Vehicles: Study
(www.energyportal.eu)
this post was submitted on 20 Oct 2023
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I would not want to pay double for a new car to be able to do half the mileage and instead of just fueling up, having to find a fucking Walmart god knows where and sit in the parking lot for a half hour. Super inconvenient if you plan to do any long distance traveling
I agree. This study aside, I think EV is still really, incredibly shitty for working class people who can't afford it or for tenants who don't have plugs at home and need to sit at some WholeFoods or whatever like idiots to charge up.
And I agree about mileage. If I had to drive across country, where there may not even be any charging stations available, I would not do it in an EV.
I'm still torn on whether I should even get a hybrid. I hear those batteries are like ~$10k to replace and that's after paying more upfront.
The class aspect is definitely something that pisses me off about it as well. EVs seem to be debatable when it comes to them being more environmentally friendly after all, but it seems like anything that is or appears to be better, ethical consumption choices are reserved for people with money (But also there's no ethical consumption under capitalism obvs).
I'm fortunate enough to have been able to purchase a new hybrid rav, it was so worth it but I did also go from a 97 Mazda with peeling paint that can't climb mountain passes and does like 17 miles per gallon lol.