I just bought a 1 year old Nissan Leaf for $15,000 in San Diego California.
The aversion to EVs in the US is mostly just american idiocy.
In the US 2/3 of people live in single family homes. That means NEVER using a public charging station.
Most of those households also own more than one car. So it's easy to retain a ICE vehicle for when it's really needed.
Let's just face the facts, the Scandinavian governments, and the Scandinavian people are just smarter than americans...
p.s. I expect this car to pay for itself in ~5 years, due to savings on gas. How long before your ICE vehicle pays for itself? Like most long term investments, it requires a smarter population.
I think a lot of people are also radically overrating their likelihood of going on extended road trips. As the cost of even ICEs increases, I’ve known people to rent for a long drive rather than rack up the mileage on their personal vehicle (also if they can save on fuel economy) and I think more people are going to follow your lead in having a small EV for daily commuting to save money every trip, and maybe consider a rental if they actually decide to drive cross-country without stopping.
That's the unfortunate truth about PG&E rates, though that's only true because the terrible external costs of gasoline pollution are not taxed and compensated. For almost everywhere else charging at home is 1/3 the cost of gas. Superchargers are also pretty comparable to a hybrid. As home solar and batteries gets cheaper and cheaper, that's also a backstop to limit the price increases of PG&E. Sort of.
> Let's just face the facts, the Scandinavian governments, and the Scandinavian people are just smarter than americans...
Citation needed. Norway has a population of less than the Bay Area, a massive sovereign wealth fund due to oil exports and is about the size of the average state in the US. I drive an EV but the state of charging infrastructure outside of CA is pathetic. I get why Americans don’t want to drive cars they can’t fill up on a roadtrip unless it’s a Tesla.
The aversion to EVs in the US is mostly just american idiocy.
In the US 2/3 of people live in single family homes. That means NEVER using a public charging station.
Most of those households also own more than one car. So it's easy to retain a ICE vehicle for when it's really needed.
Let's just face the facts, the Scandinavian governments, and the Scandinavian people are just smarter than americans...
p.s. I expect this car to pay for itself in ~5 years, due to savings on gas. How long before your ICE vehicle pays for itself? Like most long term investments, it requires a smarter population.