Since I have a solar system via a PPA (wanted to purchase but decided not to die on that hill with then wife that was against ownership; died on a dumber one later that led to divorce), I have 2 different rates in Gloucester Co.
I have no idea about their sales figures, but whether a hybrid is better than an EV would vary from person to person. If you do long trips with it, you wouldn't have the hassle of trying to see where the charging stations on your route are, but you don't get one of the big benefits of owning an EV--virtually no routine maintenance. For me, losing all that maintenance is one of the big selling points, so I am not interested in a hybrid. Your order of priorities may differ though.
They might be making that easier
www.scmp.com
You are comparing the country to California - that does not help your argument. Electrical problems in Cali have nothing to do with charging EV's. Kind of the same way California wildfires have nothing to do with man made CC.
What if you aren't home? What if your power is out. What if you forgot to plug it in? What if you are on a trip?
I never drive more than 200 miles at once. Even if I did, I can’t find a super charger along the way?
I like the geniuses that ask about charging in a blackout when they forget gas pumps don’t work without electricity either. Anyone remember hurricane Sandy?
Actually, in the aftermath of Sandy, some gas stations were able to remain open and pump gas using natural gas powered generators. Same as some homes continued to have power using whole home natural gas generators.
You clearly don’t own an electric car. We do.
Ahhh...the "what if" arguments make a return. EV sales in California are over 30% and climbing. With all of your alleged problems, you'd expect EV sales to be plummetting. You must see stranded EVs all over the road.
I almost ran out of gas looking for a gas station that worked. And then when some got generators, they all ran out of gas. Fun week that was.
Maybe you should read my situation again. I never drive more than 200 miles at a time and I would always be fully charged via over night charging at my home and/or work.
We lost power for a little over a week, IIRC. But I had a generator and a Suburban w/a 42 gallon gas tank from which I could siphon gas. So was able to power my house and some of my neighbor's house the whole time.
I should add that with all that said, I would still save a little bit of money even if gas prices drop more after Labor Day like they always do, and I'd almost certainly save on maintenance costs. I just didn't find the cost difference to be drastic enough for it to be worth switching from driving my current car, which I love, to a Bolt that I'm really not crazy about. I did find it interesting though that they said they'd install a level 2 charging station at my house for free--I figured that would be an expensive call to an electrician.
If I remember correctly, a lot of gas stations bought generators/power sources to keep open after Sandy hit. In 40 years of driving, I have never had a problem getting gas.
Cool story. I couldn’t get gas during Sandy and gas stations generally do not work during a blackout.
True story. I guess it depends on where you lived during that storm. But as I said gas stations did get generators afterwards. I also think NJ gave out money/grants for them. Thanks for calling it cool on a warm summer day. You da best.
