| ▲ | rootusrootus 3 hours ago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
I think #1 will probably play out to a certain extent. Perhaps as an oscillation between low and high as each wave knocks more gas stations out of business and refinery capacity offline. But I have to say, even low prices on gas won't make me go back -- I prefer my EVs in all regards to the ICE equivalents, with the sole exception of marathon (>450 miles per day) road trips, which is not my use case. I hope #2 won't be the future. It's not as easy to just jack up electric prices because EVs are charging, because they are regulated, and electricity is used for way more than cars (if my napkin math is right, on average people will use around 30% more electricity if they go full electric). I expect that as a practical matter #3 is here now, it just hasn't filtered down to retail car sales in the US yet. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | bryanlarsen 3 hours ago | parent [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
> with the sole exception of marathon (>450 miles per day) road trips I've done 4 3000km road trips and intentionally took the EV leaving the ICE vehicle at home. It's a better car, and we need to stop to bathroom anyways, so charging isn't inconvenient. Saving a few hundred dollars in fuel is nice, too. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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