Besides cost, what keeps you from buying an EV?

[Anonymous]

For me it is two things:

The lack of infrastructure as far as charging stations for someone who drives long distances

How slow it takes to charge an EV versus how quickly I can fill up my car.

[Anonymous]

I have only one car, so I need to know I can take it on longer trips and be able to charge it. We’re not there yet.

[Anonymous]

The recharge issue on long drives and the battery fires.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For me it is two things:

The lack of infrastructure as far as charging stations for someone who drives long distances

How slow it takes to charge an EV versus how quickly I can fill up my car.

It can charge while you sleep. Never need to stop to recharge unless over 200 miles. Charge is done in like 10 mins which is same amount of time to gas up

[Anonymous]

The Tesla charging infrastructure is outstanding. I know that’s not the case for most other EVs, but we’ve taken multiple long trips in our Tesla and have never had an issue finding chargers.

As for the time it takes to charge, yeah, it’s longer than pumping gas. We have three kids, so use charging stops as pit stops for them, too, which works well. Even without that, I don’t think the faster time to fill a tank is a good enough reason to keep driving an ICE vehicle. If everyone keeps prioritizing their convenience over all else, we’ll be in worse trouble than we already are.

[Anonymous]

It’s unknown how long an EV battery will last and they are expensive to replace.

I have a 16 year old minivan with over 200,000 miles on it that still drives well. I want to know an EV will last a decent length of time.

[Anonymous]

Cost is pretty much it. Plus I'll need to upgrade the electrical panel at my house.

[Anonymous]

We have a car with nearly 100K miles on it. We expect it to go another 100K miles. When it dies, we'll buy EV when this car dies, but it doesn't make sense to get rid of such a well running car that has been paid off forever.

[Anonymous]

Maintenance costs, repair costs, reliability in extreme temperatures, dependence on electricity.

[Anonymous]

Only having street parking. No driveway. Even if I installed a charging station in front of my house sometimes I can’t get that parking spot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only having street parking. No driveway. Even if I installed a charging station in front of my house sometimes I can’t get that parking spot.

Similar issue - I live in a TH community and have reserved parking but no driveway/garage. Our community has no charging stations. I plan to relocate in 5 years and would consider an EV at that point. My Subaru is only 3 years old with less than 50k miles. It should have no issue lasting 5 years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For me it is two things:

The lack of infrastructure as far as charging stations for someone who drives long distances

How slow it takes to charge an EV versus how quickly I can fill up my car.

It’s what you mentioned plus cost. 3 very inconvenient things. I would be open to a hybrid, and I need a new minivan, but I’m not spending 55k for the hybrid Toyota.

[Anonymous]

I don't understand why you even need to ask this. They take forever to charge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maintenance costs, repair costs, reliability in extreme temperatures, dependence on electricity.

What maintenance?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have a car with nearly 100K miles on it. We expect it to go another 100K miles. When it dies, we'll buy EV when this car dies, but it doesn't make sense to get rid of such a well running car that has been paid off forever.

+1

The waste of people treating vehicles as disposable is far more damaging than any benefits of swapping out for EV. I'm also skeptical of the rare minerals and batteries these EV cars consume. Seems like an ecological disaster waiting to happen.