Besides cost, what keeps you from buying an EV?

[Anonymous]

1. I have street parking and worry about not having access to charging at home. I get that there isn't a gas station at my house either but they are so abundant but also I realize it will take a shift in thinking for me to trust that I won't be running out of power on a lonely road in the middle of the night.

2. I have only owned manual shift cars and prefer them. Not an option with an EV, barely an option with non-EVs.

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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

This ASSumes that person has a garage or driveway, not everyone in the city does.

[Anonymous]

For those who think EV doesn’t run on coal, you better rethink that! Just what do you think still powers our electrical grid. An electric grid which could never support every American driving an EV.

[Anonymous]

We have 1 EV and 1 hybrid. We don't want all of our eggs in one basket if there is an extended power outage or disruption to the gasoline supply. We've been driving the EV a lot lately with the cost of gas, but we take the hybrid on longer trips and would be OK if we lost power for an extended period of time after a weather event.

[Anonymous]

We were planning to buy a Tesla Model Y but the price went up like literally $15,000 from summer 2020 to now. For the same exact car. Screw that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

I agree. I want to buy a hybrid, but they are not in stock. When they come back I will buy.

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Anonymous wrote:Because it’s virtue signaling at its worst. You know they run on coal, right? And they represent all the worst in terms of sustainability. They aren’t making the statement you think they are.

So what? I’d rather have neighborhood and downtown streets whisper quiet and fume free than the current loud and smelly gas hogs and motorcycles. I was behind some truck at Starbucks this week that smelled so freaking bad. We are going to look at this era of ICE engines as backwards as hell.

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Anonymous wrote:For those who think EV doesn’t run on coal, you better rethink that! Just what do you think still powers our electrical grid. An electric grid which could never support every American driving an EV.

Coal accounts for only 23% of America's power grid production.

[Anonymous]

Right now, waiting times. We waited six months for an EV but couldn't get one and our car finally did break down so we had to buy whatever was available which was not an EV.

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

This surprises me, unless you saying these costs are too low?

DP. Yeah, I don't get this. I change my tires and wiper fluid. That's about it.

DP, also with two EVs, and what strikes me about most of these responses is how uninformed they are. “They run on coal!” “You can’t take long road trips!” “They need too much maintenance!”

Be honest: you don’t want to spend the money and you don’t want any inconvenience. I think those are lame excuses for continuing to drive gas guzzlers.

Why are you driving? Public transportation too inconvenient?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For those who think EV doesn’t run on coal, you better rethink that! Just what do you think still powers our electrical grid. An electric grid which could never support every American driving an EV.

You realize that the situation is far more complex and nuanced. V2G charging and other technology will be critical and we have another 5-10 years to build out charging infrastructure and renewables for ebalancing the grid, not to mention achieving much more substantial energy conservation in other sectors.

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Anonymous wrote:For me it’s the lack of options for a sedan sized car. I don’t want a Tesla.

I'm more of an SUV person but I agree with you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For those who think EV doesn’t run on coal, you better rethink that! Just what do you think still powers our electrical grid. An electric grid which could never support every American driving an EV.

Coal accounts for only 23% of America's power grid production.

Okay so add in natural gas and fossil fuels, you are at 60%. Then nuclear for another 20%. There is still not currently enough power and grid infrastructure to power every driver on the continent driving an EV.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Right now, waiting times. We waited six months for an EV but couldn't get one and our car finally did break down so we had to buy whatever was available which was not an EV.

Thats the situation I was in when the Prius first came out. My other car was dead as a doornail and I needed a car. Nearly 2 decades later I’m still driving the car I got in lieu of the Prius.

[Anonymous]

I don’t like E Musk and the other EV options are not pleasing to my eye. My wife wants us to buy a EV BMW X5 but I’m not sold on EVs.