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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] 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.[/quote]

[b]OMG the damage you are doing to the planet with your commute[/b].

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.[/quote]

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.[/quote]

Actually owning a car is very expensive - most people spend somewhere between $7-10,000 a year per car on a rapidly depreciating asset.  You would be better off spending that money on housing which is almost always an appreciating asset.

But you probably assume you need 1 car per adult in your house and that each adult needs to use that car for all of your trips.

We are car light family and have a 16 year old car we put about 5000 miles a year on - you are managing that mileage in less than 2 months and I bet it is just one of the cars you own and that doesn't even getting into how much of your life is wasted sitting in your SUV polluting the region and planet.

If you can afford that kind of mileage you can find a house closer in - it won't kill you to sacrifice some yard and square footage but the alternative choice is killing our planet.[/quote]

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