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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To the people complaining about how long it takes to charge an electric car. Rent a Tesla, take a road trip. Decide if it’s inconvenient or not for your lifestyle. The amount of baseless speculation is just ridiculous.[/quote]

Why? Can't we just keep going with our gas or hybrid vehicles?[/quote]

Of course you can, nobody is stopping you.

PP was just pointing out that all the people who have never even driven an electric car much less taken one on a long trip confidently saying "trips are too hard in an electric car" are basically being the automotive equivalent of a toddler who has never a certain food before saying "no I hate it!" before they've even tried it.  [/quote]

Not everyone has access to easy charging and its not just about electric vs. gas buy how you drive and how much.  If you drive 30-50K miles a year on electric you aren't being more environmental than someone driving 8K a year in a gas car.[/quote]

But you are comparing apples to oranges here. The question of the OP was on someone looking to buy a new car and chosing gas or electric, and the person would drive the same number of miles with either car. Not having easy access to charging at home is a valid point. If you have a carport you might be ok. In the first two weeks of ownership I charged my Tesla 3 with a 110V outlet overnight, which was enough for a 50 mile roundtrip commute. Having a 240V outlet installed is not that difficult and it costs about $500, and you'd be set. If it is street parking, you might need to sacrifice about 1 hour per week in charging, depending how much you drive. A lot of workplaces and shopping malls offer charging options, and that could solve your problem too.[/quote]

Its not comparing apples to oranges.  Because it still takes a lot to generate the electricity you use for the car.  Who wants to be bothered with all that?  Also, not everyone wants to spend $50K on a vehicle and if I do, I want a fun car, not a boring sedan.  Your 30K miles a year vs. mine aren't comparable so yes, you should drive an electric, but telling everyone who has different driving habits is silly.

And, with covid, I'm not going to a mall and we work at home so your suggestions are silly.  I'm not risking covid to please someone when my actual footprint is low.[/quote]

Generating the electricity for the car is less harmful for the environment than burning gasoline, so that's not a great argument against the concept of EVs. Not every electric car costs $50,000. And you don't actually have to into a mall to charge your car at a fast-charging station that's located there -- we've charged at Walmart parking lots and never gotten out of the car except to plug in and unplug. It sounds like you don't drive much, so you'd have to charge even less often.

I wouldn't tell anyone to go out and replace their existing car with an electric one, no matter what powers it. But if you're getting a brand-new one, none of your objections to electric cars really seem to be insurmountable.[/quote]

How much you use your car is equally important.  You can justify it by saying electric is cleaner but if you drive 30K miles its not going to be cleaner than someone driving under 5K with gas.  And, creating electricity isn't always clean.[/quote]

Nobody really cares if you personally get an electric car, do your 5k miles a year however you want, even by steam engine if you’d like. We get it, you don’t drive enough so a new car is worth it for you. There’s no honor badge for having a smaller carbon footprint with a 5k miles a year gas car than the neighbor with the electric car that is doing 30000 miles a year. What does your argument even prove, especially for someone weighing gas vs electric in their next purchase? Nothing, it’s a useless point.[/quote]

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