Thinking about getting a EV. Just curious why you got yours. The reasons I can think of are:

  • Environmentally friendly 🌵
  • Cheaper Fuel ⚡️
  • They are cool/trendy 😎
  • Lower maintenance 🔧

Is there anything surprising that you found out after you bought it?

  • benanderson89@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago
    1. Fast as fuck: I went from a 5.0L Mustang GT to a 1.7L Kia Optima Diesel, and whilst the Optima was rock solid and got absurdly fuel economy (nearly 70mpg!), I missed the pace. My Dual Motor EV6 is the fastest car I’ve owned, period. It makes my old V8 feel like practice mode. Bonus is that the chassis is a peach and it drives just as well.
    2. No maintenance: first four years according to the service schedule from Kia is the cabin air-filter and nothing else.
    3. Cost to run: Even with my old diesel’s insane fuel economy, it was still touching £160 a month, and it would’ve been more since fuel prices skyrocketed just as I traded in the car. EV? About £24 a month at it’s worst to go the same distance.