• logicbomb@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I don’t think I could ever go back to a gas-powered vehicle now, simply because it’s too convenient to just plug my car in at home. For trips, yes, it’s slightly less convenient to charge it than it is to fill up a gas vehicle, but it’s not like it can’t make the trips in a similar amount of time, regardless.

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      2 months ago

      It’s towing that is the achilles heel of electric vehicles, you can cut your range to less than half with a combination of a trailer and stuff on the roof.

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        2 months ago

        Very few people actually ever tow anything (and I say that as someone who regularly does tow things). But even then, I can keep our ice pickup and replace our car that we drive every day with an ev.

        We won’t, though, because the current situation in the US means us taking on new debt would be dumb.

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          2 months ago

          Well, statistically, you don’t actually…

          I’m not owning two vehicles just so I can have an EV.