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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 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.
I would get a hybrid if there was one for the vehicle type I get that did not impact its capabilities. I live in a condo so unless our board gets much more cool I won't be able to plug in. That being said I don't know anyone who has an electric vehicle that has given even the tiniest smidge about wanting to go back. Quite the opposite. Now I know a goodly amount of EV owners but most car owners I know still have gas. Although I may not be the best example since by necessity all my neighbors can't plug in as well.
I don't know about the US, but in the UK you can charge EVs via standard wall outlets. For a while I had the charger hanging out of a window from inside my home so I could charge it.
This made overnight charging very cheaply available.
I'm curious, not trying to convince you, whether that's an option in the US or something you'd be limited by due to your condo/board?
Looking at Tesla's support the US is crippled by the 120v power grid for wall charging, 3 Miles per hour on a standard 120v plug, and 23kmh on an Australian 240v 15A plug.