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Originally Posted by Nellmack
Most people are stubborn and will never try driving an electric vehicle.
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I am not sure that stubborn is the reason. There are many, many other reasons why a different lifestyle will keep a person from buying electric.
My son has one, and he loves it, but again, its only for around town, not for long distance travel. Too much planning for recharge stations and availability which can potentially make reaching the destination on time for an event less certain. Also the small size means that he can't bring all the trip necessities, which also makes the EV impractical
I won't as the cost increase of the car overwhelms the fuel savings, so financially, it doesn't make sense. 20K miles per year * 20 mph * $4 gal = $4K per year in fuel. so if you drive less than 20K per year, the annual cost per fuel is even less.. ..
So to spend more than $20K more per vehicle, which equals $2K savings at 10K miles annually x 10 years, the financial decision is not optimal.