Electric cars may be better for your budget

[Anonymous]

Biden will elevate the White House Science and Technology office to a Cabinet-level agency! To celebrate, I thought I'd share this very interesting article from the New York Times about the cost of electric vehicles: despite the sticker price, over time, electric cars may end up costing you less, while being significantly less polluting than gas, diesel and hybrid vehicles. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/15/climate/electric-car-cost.html

Plus, there's a fun interactive tool where you can see how your car compares to the others in terms of overall cost and pollution: https://www.carboncounter.com/

Also, given that most of you are well-off and use airplanes a lot - please consider investing in electric airplane technology! https://www.toptal.com/finance/market-research-analysts/electric-airplanes

[Anonymous]

Our electric car costs us SO much less. SO much.

[Anonymous]

Our electric car costs us SO much less. SO much.

Thanks for the in-depth quantitative analysis.

[Anonymous]

I have a plug in hybrid electric vehicle (can run on all electrical, all gas or combo of both). It is a small hatchback but I love it. Most of my errands are around town so I run on battery 85% of the time. It costs me $30 to fill my tank (premium gas) and I fill my tank approx. 4-5 times per year. On average I drive 9000 miles per year.

I wasn’t ready to go full hybrid as I did not want to stop and charge when driving long distances so the plug in hybrid is a very viable option until charging stations become more common (and cars are able to charge at an accelerated pace).

[Anonymous]

My car is 8 years old and has 50,000. It gets 10 miles to the gallon.

[Anonymous]

Doesn’t electricity produce pollution somewhere? When I plug in my car to charge it, where is that electricity being generated and isn’t it more likely than not that pollution is being produced in that place?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Doesn’t electricity produce pollution somewhere? When I plug in my car to charge it, where is that electricity being generated and isn’t it more likely than not that pollution is being produced in that place?

You’re pushing the long tail pipe theory; that theory is trash for two reasons. It assumes no renewable energy and fails to acknowledge the relative efficiencies of a power plant vs internal combustion engine.

[Anonymous]

So, remove all of the subsidies then?

[Anonymous]

I wish I could, but I don't have a garage (I live in a tiny townhouse) and my work doesn't have charging stations. Due to Covid, I also don't go "hang out " at any store long enough to charge there. I don't know where I'd charge my car.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wish I could, but I don't have a garage (I live in a tiny townhouse) and my work doesn't have charging stations. Due to Covid, I also don't go "hang out " at any store long enough to charge there. I don't know where I'd charge my car.

DH used to take the electric car and park at Whole Foods then bike 5 miles to work or take a bus.

He was committed to the entire concept.

[Anonymous]

I'm hoping for some new innovation or tax breaks under Biden as far as electric cars. I want my next car to be one, but I'm more of an entry level car buyer (not in market for Tesla).

I'm saving to buy new, with cash, in 2 years so I'm excited to see what will be available then.

[Anonymous]

We need an upgraded electrical panel so I am planning for one to support a car charger. We drive so little already, though, that it will be a while before we should replace our cars.

Can anybody point to research on crash safety? I don't know if the battery is actually a concern or if that was rumor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wish I could, but I don't have a garage (I live in a tiny townhouse) and my work doesn't have charging stations. Due to Covid, I also don't go "hang out " at any store long enough to charge there. I don't know where I'd charge my car.

DH used to take the electric car and park at Whole Foods then bike 5 miles to work or take a bus.

He was committed to the entire concept.

What a selfish d-bag.

Presumably you're kidding?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wish I could, but I don't have a garage (I live in a tiny townhouse) and my work doesn't have charging stations. Due to Covid, I also don't go "hang out " at any store long enough to charge there. I don't know where I'd charge my car.

DH used to take the electric car and park at Whole Foods then bike 5 miles to work or take a bus.

He was committed to the entire concept.

What a selfish d-bag.

Presumably you're kidding?

What kind of a person parks his car at an electric car charging spot meant for use by customers frequenting a business. Even if this happens to be a pay-for-charge spot, those things have parking time limits so that other people can get a turn, not for you to leave a car there for 8 hours while you are at work bragging about how committed you are at minimizing your impact. The worst kind of self-righteous people is those that abuse the system at the cost and inconvenience of others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wish I could, but I don't have a garage (I live in a tiny townhouse) and my work doesn't have charging stations. Due to Covid, I also don't go "hang out " at any store long enough to charge there. I don't know where I'd charge my car.

DH used to take the electric car and park at Whole Foods then bike 5 miles to work or take a bus.

He was committed to the entire concept.

What a selfish d-bag.

Presumably you're kidding?

What kind of a person parks his car at an electric car charging spot meant for use by customers frequenting a business. Even if this happens to be a pay-for-charge spot, those things have parking time limits so that other people can get a turn, not for you to leave a car there for 8 hours while you are at work bragging about how committed you are at minimizing your impact. The worst kind of self-righteous people is those that abuse the system at the cost and inconvenience of others.

That PP didn't say her husband left it parked at the charger, which isn't how I read it. You could easily park, charge it, then move to another spot.