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Originally Posted by Germanauto
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Originally Posted by Red Bread
The average American drives 29.2 miles per day according to the googles. That's less than half of a charge of most EV's for a five day work week.
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There's no denying that EVs are super economical for the average consumer. Cheap to charge, only need to be plugged on a couple times a week, no wasting time/money on gas, no emissions when sitting in traffic. Truly perfect for commuting.
But the emotional side of me has a bias against them.  |
I'd feel worse about it if engines didn't all have flat torque curves and give little reward to revving them high. There are exceptions, of course, but many modern cars don't drive that differently than EV's anyway.
I still struggle with the whole environmental footprint, from mining of heavy metals, to largely Chinese production, to shipping here and then the impact from charging. We have relatively clean power here, but it's still not as easy to grasp the whole picture as an ICE vehicle.