Depends entirely what you want it for. I use mine 3 or 4 times a week for in-town errands, charge it from a regular 120v outlet in my garage, which gives it a shown 400-mile range at town speeds. It avoids the horrendous ICE cold-start, short-trip wear and tear, and the awful in-town mpg. I love mine.
Depends very much on your use case at the moment. My EV works great for me as I can charge at home and it saves me a massive amount in company car tax. I don't think an EV makes much sense as a private purchase unless you've got a long commute and can cover the charge needed in the cheap rate period. I've also battled and lost with a number of public chargers as Suffolkhifiniut says.
I think you're right. In the UK at least I think it's the sweet spot as far as EV taxation goes. It can't last.
Agree for short journeys they work well, as an overall means of transport including long journeys not too good. My concerns are on safety and environmental grounds.
When I stayed in Shenzhen for a while, public transportation was so good and ubiquitous that a personal car was not needed, at least from a practical transportation solution. Even travel between cities on high speed rail was first rate. I guess any large city would be similar, but the transportation in China was clean, modern and safe. You can't say that about something like Marta, in Atlanta, or some of the NYC subways, or other large city services, so a personal car is a plus in those kinds of places.
I can imagine a similar comment made in the early days of ICE cars. Somehow, those frightening problems were addressed and it is possible that the challenges that EVs pose will be adequately addressed too.
Hope you’re right, petrol is as flammable now as it was then, design changes made to the fuel system on vehicles now makes the chance of fire less likely. The spontaneous flammable nature of lithium based batteries will always be there. Once ICE fuels are used they are no longer flammable, the danger from used EV batteries will be there until they are dismantled. Assuming they are sent to large scale recycling centres, I wouldn’t want to be within miles of it.
Ouch! That's some price increase. I was in the car business from 1983 - 1996. For quite a while we had an ADM on certain models. Fieros and Grand Ams when they first came out, all Hondas in varying amounts based on model, trim level, or color. Definitely would not want to be in the market for a car at the moment that's for sure.
Not your answer but there is probably some special handling instructions to first responders for EVs in traffic accidents, as there may be some potential for HV electric shock.
I don't think your concerns amount to much. Environmentally they are plain better all angles considered. Despite concerns raised on the envrironmental point this is an answered question and EVs will be getting even better as we get more experience with making and recycling them.
There will need to be special training as the motors run on 480 volts. Looked at a BMW i3 a few years ago and the main reason I didn’t buy it was because our local BMW dealer couldn’t service it, the nearest BMW service centre was 75 miles away. It had all the extras needed too make it a good choice, fast charge and a small petrol engine range extender. Things have moved on since then and the EV support network is much better.
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The most relevant part of the article: "But the most common faults with electric vehicles, according to the drivers surveyed, were software issues, not motor or battery problems." This is a very sensational title misrepresenting what "reliability" means in most people's minds. When I say EVs are not reliable, the first thing you think of is whether the car works at all to take you from Point A to Point B not bad software UI that makes it difficult to turn on the A/C or adjust the navigation end point. And its conclusion completely lacks any understanding of the difference between "reliability" and "user friendliness": "With EVs in particular, our research shows a premium price tag does not necessarily mean a reliable vehicle, so we would always encourage drivers to do their research ahead of such a significant purchase to see which cars and brands they can trust."
Oh, really?
carbon foot-print.
On your list a misaligned door gets counted as one and so does a failure to start. Guess which is more of a problem?Oh, really?
I have big issues w/the understandabitily and acceptability of mediocrity. Making excuses for them is even worse.
2022 J.D. Power Survey calls out "Infotainment System Remains as the Top Source of Complaints" (as w/previous last 6+ years).
"Smartphone Connectivity Now Most Common Problem Cited by New-Vehicle Owners", J.D. Power Finds
"New-vehicle quality improves 2% from 2020" according to the J.D. Power 2021 U.S. Initial Quality Study (IQS)
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To the consternation of the American dealership association and adding hardship to poor consumers, both GM and Ford are reconsidering their old business-model of selling and servicing their fleet via a "dealer network"... They are trying to model their new formula which started with Tesla but look where Tesla is in this above rating graph: Is this what acceptability is like?
Besides the EVs being forced down the throats of consumers as their salvation from existential crisis caused by carbon, I think I will stick with ICE that I already offset its
Have no problem accepting we need to tackle motor vehicle pollution, however were they are needed the most is were they are least likely to be. In City centres too many high rise building and there will never be enough access to charging points. Plus our electrical transmission and distribution system can’t possibly cope with the extra load.
