I am seeing a lot of negative articles on EV’s lately. They are using the slowdown in EV sales as a result of people abandoning EV’s. Yet I believe the slowdown is from high interest rates, inflation on everything, and people don’t have as much money right now because of inflation.
I just seen an article saying the true cost of running an EV is the equivalent of $17.33 a gallon, based on infrastructure, charging equipment, subsidies, etc. This kind of talk makes me sick, feels like some are pushing against EV’s in a big way, twisting the truth.
Coming from true EV owners what do you all think of this?
As a non ev owner who badly wants an EV: everything’s getting more expensive, interest rates are high af. It’s also expensive to get a home charging option and charging through public chargers is comparable to cost of gas. Also you have to pay quite a bit more for an ev. I’ll wait till there are cheaper evs and better charging options.
a LOT of people don’t actually need more than level 1 charging, and those that do could easily get by with a 15amp 240v circuit rather than a 40amp (some exceptions apply, buy how many people NEED more than 250-300km of range every day?)
my kona EV put about 100km a night into my car when i first got it with level 1. That same charger\current at 240 would result in 2.5-3x the charge rate (the overhead of charging support systems hurts 120v charging a lot more)
I’m not telling you to get a EV, i’m just saying a lot of the common concerns really aren’t much more than a minor nuisance when you get right down to it. It depends a lot on your personal circumstances though. Around here electricity prices are cheap, and i need to travel almost 100km\day. This makes my monthly expense on a EV basically the same as a low milage car.