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Its an interesting trade off. I'd argue that if you don't plan to road trip your car, and have home charging, an EV is actually far safer in terms of crime, si

Its an interesting trade off. I'd argue that if you don't plan to road trip your car, and have home charging, an EV is actually far safer in terms of crime, since you never need to go to a gas station. However, on road trips, I've charged at lots of Tesla Superchargers where even I, as a CIS male, feel a bit uncomfortable. Eg, random mall / grocery store parking lots at 3am, where nothing is open, the lighting is poor, etc. EDIT: The other consideration is that while you're charging, you have to get out of the vehicle to unook from the charger. Eg, the car will not go into drive while the cable is attached. So that does not leave you any options if an attacker approaches your car while charging.

prmoustache 4y ago
> Its an interesting trade off. I'd argue that if you don't plan to road trip your car, and have home charging, an EV is actually far safer in terms of crime, since you never need to go to a gas station. Only for people living in Suburbia. Not sure about the percentage of people owning a car and a garage / or at least private parking space close to a private outlet in the USA, but here in europe this is still a huge limiter for EV. If I need to charge my vehicule in only a handful of the available parking spaces with charging station available in my neighborhood, the EV proposal becomes substancially less attractive, both in term of practicability and financially.