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An idling gas engine may be annoyingly loud, but that’s the price you pay for having WAY less torque available at a standstill.
Allright maybe they are cheaper than a year ago at least. Still very infeasible here however except for semi upper class countryside
Again, I don’t know what “here” means, I’m telling you that the average new car in Germany (since you mentioned central Europe)costed more than 40k€, and that’s more than some seriously good electric cars like the BYD Dolphin.
Only you can judge your own circumstances but it really seems like fear of difference makes worries loom larger.
Here in the US
- my Tesla was the most expensive car I ever bought
- but price had dropped and continues to drop
- cheaper than the average new car, cheaper than the custom trucks so many neighbors have
- it was like $120 to buy a full set of adapters and cables to allow me to plugin anywhere to any type of outlet
- installing a level 2 home charger (if you can) was essentially the same cost as installing a new stove circuit - expensive but quite doable
- superchargers are all over the place and easy to find. I know people who can’t charge at home just goto the supercharger once a week
- since I can charge at home, I’ve only used superchargers over 100 miles from home
- it’s really nice to never have to go to the local gas station: charging my car is like charging my phone, get into the habit and it’s always ready to go. Once people get used to this, they’ll never accept the idea of a technology like hydrogen where you would have to go refuel yet again
- it’s roomier, more practical than my Subaru
- it’s faster more powerful than my old Grand Am
- my local garage services them, or at least inspects them, since I haven’t yet needed service
I know it’s mostly better but it’s not feasible yet where I live. 1) more expensive… I mean I already typed all the things once
Wait tho why do I have a feeling like we are arguing even though we just repeat our own experiences? It’s all cool, some place electric cars are viable elsewhere they aren’t. I hope they will become feasible here where I live (middle eu)