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Originally Posted by Blackbird45
I tried buying a Sonata Hybrid a few year ago and they only sold them in a few state, not here in Fl. I even thought of traveling to one of those states to buy one and they told me at if I needed repairs they might not have the mechanics here to service it. I have a 2021 right now and will wait at least until 2024 then I will go total EV.
I don't know if the hybrids have improved, but as I looked further into it the electric range to me it wasn't worth it. The range on the EVs are improving every day, some new startups are claiming 500 miles and recharge time of 18 minutes. If you live in the Villages the prospects of never having to visit a gas station is alright with me. If you look at the map of recharge stations from here to N.Y. you'll be shocked and more are popping up everyday.
At the end other than the batteries it will become less expensive to build an EV. Less expensive to put an outlets anywhere than to building a gas station. Less expensive than extracting oil from the ground, refining it and drivers to get it to the station. No matter how much you love gas, EVs are here and they will take over.
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I never could figure out why no one builds an electric car with a super quiet, constantly charging Honda generator motor to feed the batteries. If you started with a full charge and ran the generator all the time it has to significantly charge a car battery. Certainly a generator can run for hours on a small amount of gas and many can provide juice for an entire house so why can't they charge a car battery or at least provide super extended mileage on electric?