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Congrats on your upcoming purchase. Most people cannot afford an electric car and for those who can, not everyone lives in a place with good charging infrastruc

• xiphias2 6y ago
  All my friends who bought a new car can afford an electric car as well. Buying a new car in itself is a luxury. The problem is that hybrid cars are often misused by 400% of their allocated quota, which can't be done even with the volkswagen that was caught cheating. I'm OK with hybrids, but definately not OK with the CO2 allocation that they get away with.
  • killtimeatwork 6y ago
    > All my friends who bought a new car can afford an electric car as well. Buying a new car in itself is a luxury. Dunno where you live, but here in Poland there's over a 3x difference between the cheapest (new) petrol car and cheapest new electric car... And the electric's price includes state subsidy. In result, there's plenty of people of modest means (pensioners even) who buy new petrol cars - as they intent to own them for 10-20+ years while doing minimal mileage, making the purchase quite economic - while electric cars are basically still exotic toys.
    • xiphias2 6y ago
      I'm from Hungary, my first car was 7 years old when I bought it, I used it for 10 years, my second car was 6 years old when I bought it and used it for 7 years. I don't see any valid reason for buying a new gas/diesel car, even if it's a cheap one. Now that I have enough money I feel that I can do something for the environment (and my lungs), that's why I'm buying a new electric car, otherwise I would go for a used gas car again.