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There are a couple of other issues people don't want to talk about (or don't want to admit) as well. Sample size of four here but the problems are interesting.
by baz00 3y ago
There are a couple of other issues people don't want to talk about (or don't want to admit) as well. Sample size of four here but the problems are interesting.
Firstly it turns out charging your car is a pain in the ass in some places, particularly here in London. The chargers are regularly damaged and poorly maintained or completely rammed. There is also nowhere to park to charge at home. On top of that the electricity pricing options are so volatile that it is actually hard work to find a cost effective charging option on a regular basis which means you have to plan everything. Ad-hoc trips being a planning exercise really doesn't work well.
Secondarily, the cost savings didn't add up when you factor in depreciation and capital cost anyway. Especially when there is nothing competitive to petrol vehicles on the second hand market where the majority of sales volume is.
Add to that the toxic Musk association and the constant pushing and marketing and I think people are getting fatigued and unsympathetic at this point. The market is damaging itself with dishonesty, inflated claims and toxic association.
The four people sold their (3x Tesla, 1x BMW) and two went back to petrol cars and the other two said they'd never own another car again.
- davidwritesbugs 3y agoAnd if you live in the sticks you get EV range anxiety - my nearest town is an hour+ away so if I go shopping and can't find a charging point in town I'm risking stuck down a country lane in the dark. It's not very likely bar very bad luck, but why take the risk when I've got petrol stations everywhere?
- baz00 3y agoI have a friend who semi solved that problem by building a DIY solar and storage farm on his property. His life however turned from various interesting hobbies into doing this to charge his car up which he rarely uses anyway. I don't get it. He had 0 problems, now has 2.
- cqqxo4zV46cp 3y agoYour first point at least qualified itself with a “EVs aren’t all things to all people”, but beyond that, it sounds like you’ve got a very biased sample. My EV will definitely be a net saving over a petrol car. 2.5 years in, and it’s basically a given at this point. And this is in a country without any government rebates.
- baz00 3y agoIt really depends how you choose to position yourself in the market and how you talk about it which is my point. For example I drove a second hand vehicle for 8 years until the start of this year and the whole total cost of ownership over the entire time didn't even get to half the sticker price of the cheapest EV on the market. We can all talk around a point.