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?

  • KymbboSlice@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    2 - Cabin preconditioning is unique to EVs because otherwise you need to run the engine. You often can’t even do that if you’re in a garage.

    3 - You don’t generally need to go to any charging station in an EV. You plug it in at home and wake up to a full tank every morning.

    • dima1109@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      2 - i can precondition my ice volvo with an app when it’s in a garage or a parking lot or anywhere else

      3 - unless you’re driving farther than 100 miles or so. which people do do.

      • KymbboSlice@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Which EV do you road trip in? I have an EV and a ICE car and I find that road tripping in them is comparable. Maybe your EV charges slower?

        • dima1109@alien.topBEnglish
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          1 year ago

          just last week we went on a 500-mile road trip to the mountains and spent a grand total of 3 minutes tending to the needs of the car with zero worries about when and whether we were gonna get anywhere. it cost us probably $100 more than taking the ev, which in my mind is money well spent to have that piece of mind.

          while driving up a mountain road, we saw an i4 getting winched up onto a flatbed tow truck.