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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Maintenance costs, repair costs[/b], reliability in extreme temperatures, dependence on electricity. [/quote]

This surprises me, unless you saying these costs are too low?[/quote]
DP. Yeah, I don't get this. I change my tires and wiper fluid. That's about it. [/quote]

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.[/quote]

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Another is “battery fires”. [i]Here are the detailed results of the car fire study: Electric vehicles: 25 fires per 100,000 sold. Gas-powered cars: 1,530 fires per 100,000 sold. Hybrid cars: 3,475 fires per 100,000 sold. [/i]
https://www.motorbiscuit.com/electric-vehicles-catch-fire-considerably-less-gas-cars/

As far as initial cost, we bought a new Volt (PHEV) in 2016 and the cost was in the upper $20k range before any trade and we did qualify for the $7,500 tax credit at the time. We have a 2019 Bolt that we purchased used (low mileage, certified pre-owned) a year and a half ago and the list on it was $19k. We haven’t found the cost to be prohibitive.

For us, where almost all of our charging is done at home, not having to stop at a gas station is a big convenience. Instant torque is nice. With our type of driving we can easily get 250+ miles per full charge regularly out of our Bolt. Like any vehicle, what meets one person’s need might not meet another. If someone is driving 200+ miles a day, then an EV might not make the most sense. Someone might need a van for a large family or a pick up bed for hauling materials. It depends.[/quote]

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