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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.
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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
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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)