Anyone looking to buy an EV because of gas prices

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Anonymous wrote:No. I drive so rarely these days working from home. When I average 1 fill up every 3-4 weeks or so an EV will never payoff. My wife actually got a new car (gasoline powered) in December and is still on her second tank of gas.

And that's also a winning response to high gas prices - just don't drive so much!

DP.. the OP asked generic question to "anyone", and for many, they don't plan on buying an EV because they aren't driving much.

I'm one of those. I've always wfh. I did buy a new car pre-pandemic that has better gas mileage than my previous car, though. But, I still don't drive it much.

This is why we bought a used e-golf. It only gets 90 miles per charge or so, but we mostly just do in-town trips. It was incredibly inexpensive and only a few years old.

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We just bought a new Rav4 Prime plug in hybrid. It’s incredible! It gets 40 miles all electric before the ICE engine kicks in and that means that it’s essentially an electric car unless on a road trip and then we don’t have to worry about charging stations or range. Best of both worlds.

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No

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I was going to buy an EV when my current cars die, but they each have 5-10 years left on them so not in the near future. I don’t drive that much anyway.

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Anonymous wrote:We just bought a new Rav4 Prime plug in hybrid. It’s incredible! It gets 40 miles all electric before the ICE engine kicks in and that means that it’s essentially an electric car unless on a road trip and then we don’t have to worry about charging stations or range. Best of both worlds.

I've had my Rav4 Prime for about a year and we really only fill up on road trips. The range is enough to be all electric for my commute and errands. Highly recommend it.

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Well....I WANT an EV, but my reality is that I simply do not have access to infrastructure for regular charging.

I commute nearly 80 miles RT daily. That doesn't count any other driving (like kid activities). There is no charging at my work-there are actually no public chargers within many miles of work. I also travel primarily by car-I am not ready to go totally off gas yet and the higher range model EVs are simply beyond my budget.

My current car has 230K miles on it and gets about 26 mpg, so even used prius would double that-I may do that and buy new in the future. I also like the plug in hybrid idea and have thought about a used Kia Niro.

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Anonymous wrote: Well....I WANT an EV, but my reality is that I simply do not have access to infrastructure for regular charging.

I commute nearly 80 miles RT daily. That doesn't count any other driving (like kid activities). There is no charging at my work-there are actually no public chargers within many miles of work. I also travel primarily by car-I am not ready to go totally off gas yet and the higher range model EVs are simply beyond my budget.

My current car has 230K miles on it and gets about 26 mpg, so even used prius would double that-I may do that and buy new in the future. I also like the plug in hybrid idea and have thought about a used Kia Niro.

OMG the damage you are doing to the planet with your commute.

In any case the infra for charging isn't actually infra. Even with the length of your commute you could charge your car comfortably overnight plugging it into the wall.

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I did the math and we're no even close to the break even point between gas and equivalent EV for my family based on our usage. Gas would have to triple for it to even be a conversation.

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Day to day we are very low mileage drivers. When we take our 10 hour trips to visit family, I can not see adding time to stop to recharge.

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Anonymous wrote:Day to day we are very low mileage drivers. When we take our 10 hour trips to visit family, I can not see adding time to stop to recharge.

+1 I know someone who takes frequent long road trips with the EV, and the trips take even longer because they have to stop and wait for charging, nevermind that they have to find a place to charge on their roadtrip.

Maybe in another 5 years we'll have more charging stations dotted all around, but right now, outside certain metro areas, those aren't that easy to find.

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I pay cash for my vehicles, so higher gas is no big deal for me.

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Anonymous wrote:I pay cash for my vehicles, so higher gas is no big deal for me.

How does one relate to the other??

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Anonymous wrote: Well....I WANT an EV, but my reality is that I simply do not have access to infrastructure for regular charging.

I commute nearly 80 miles RT daily. That doesn't count any other driving (like kid activities). There is no charging at my work-there are actually no public chargers within many miles of work. I also travel primarily by car-I am not ready to go totally off gas yet and the higher range model EVs are simply beyond my budget.

My current car has 230K miles on it and gets about 26 mpg, so even used prius would double that-I may do that and buy new in the future. I also like the plug in hybrid idea and have thought about a used Kia Niro.

OMG the damage you are doing to the planet with your commute.

In any case the infra for charging isn't actually infra. Even with the length of your commute you could charge your car comfortably overnight plugging it into the wall.

So....what's the alternative? The city is very expensive so I live on the outskirts. I work in a public service job, so I serve the American public-can't work from home. So please stop throwing your priviledged stones. I am literally trying to lower my impact by figuring out the EV stuff and at some point buying one.

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Anonymous wrote:I did the math and we're no even close to the break even point between gas and equivalent EV for my family based on our usage. Gas would have to triple for it to even be a conversation.

You didn’t factor in the cost of your pollution to everybody else. That’s what “public goods” or “bars” are. Gas cars contribute to global warming and the pollution causes asthma etc, but their owners don’t pay the costs.

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Anonymous wrote:I did the math and we're no even close to the break even point between gas and equivalent EV for my family based on our usage. Gas would have to triple for it to even be a conversation.

This. Plus we own our cars and they have plenty of life left in them.