I am a California resident.

I am going into analysis paralysis and it’s making me crazy when I sit down to decide if I should go with an ICE car or an EV. HELPPPPPP!!!

Sure ICE vehicles cost more in fuel and maintenance, but EVs have some other costs as well:

  • Costs relatively more to insure

  • Registration cost every year is higher

  • Opportunity cost: a $40k EV is generally compared to a $30k ICE car in terms of break even in 5-6 years. But people rarely mention the opportunity cost of spending the extra $10000. That $10k can make you around $1k each year if invested (subject to market risk ofcourse).

  • Supercharging is still not cheap: while still being 50% cheaper than gas, its not cheap. I see 50c/kwh near my area. And not everyone has a home to charge.

  • Rate of depreciation: All cars depreciate. But some loose value faster than others. My personal feeling is EVs depreciate faster than ICE. Simply because the tech is growing so fast. The argument for ICE is that there will be less demand for ICE in future due to increasing EV market share. So, little conflicted on the right answer here

I don’t know if am the only one who is unable to see the savings in EV (long term). Am I missing something?? Can eV owners share their perspective?? HELP ME come out of this shit and just book a carrr!!!

  • Berova@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    And not everyone has a home to charge.

    Concerning whether an EV is practical for you or not in your purchase decision, it doesn’t matter whether everyone has a home to charge or not, it only matters if you can setup a charger at home or not.

    In some situations, you do not even have to purchase a charger, a few automakers will provide one for you if you purchase their EV or depending on who your electric utility is or where you live, you can get rebates from your electric utility or state for setting up a home charger.

      • blackinthmiddle@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Concerning whether an EV is practical for you or not in your purchase decision, it doesn’t matter whether everyone has a home to charge or not, **it only matters if you can setup a charger at home or not. **

        And I see that your reading comprehension skills need work.

        • eaalkaline@alien.topBEnglish
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          1 year ago

          The original comment was saying if OP can charge at home, that’s what they should base THEIR decision on. Not the fact that other people can’t charge at home. Was a pretty straight forward comment actually but sure, clearly I’M the one lacking reading comprehension skills 😂

      • StK84@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        The whole point of the comment above was about it depends whether you can charge your EV at home or not.