| ▲ | tshaddox 4 hours ago | |
> The problem is that large swathes of the population are outside of that and you're making their lives miserable by punishing ICE cars ownership. It's obviously not ideal to have an EV if you can't regularly charge at home or at work, but "making their lives miserable" seems like a bit of a stretch. Instead of spending 5 minutes a week filling up at the gas station, you'll spent 30 minutes a week at an EV charging station. | ||
| ▲ | rootusrootus 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
> you'll spent 30 minutes a week at an EV charging station. And for a lot of people that can be 30 minutes at a grocery store where they were going to be for 30 minutes anyway. The nice thing about using the grid for fuel is that we have way more flexibility to refuel anywhere we want. | ||
| ▲ | muyuu 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
In my area, charging prices have been in the £0.70-£0.90 /KWh for a while. That makes ownership VERY expensive, especially for road trips. On top of that privilege, you have exorbitant insurance costs and terrible devaluation. I rent EVs every couple of years, last time it was recently, just to see how things are evolving. Since anyway it's clear where policy is going. Whatever you think about said policy. Right now, they're lovely commute machines if you can charge at home. | ||