Cars, it's electric! Do Do Do

speaking from experience, near 8 years and 80,000 EV miles and maybe 4 hours of true total lost time (Just straight up sitting in the car. Not taking a piss or getting food at rest stop, where most of my 'off-site' charging takes place if needed during longer trips). That's for maybe 15-20 supercharger visits. So 8 years of filling up gas for 5 min once a week is...... 32 hours.

If EVs work for your lifestyle, GREAT! If not, nothing to see here.

@UtahJoe I'm not saying anything but stretching it with 50 years 😵 Make your own assessment and consider residual values.
 
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I got a buddy in the Midwest that charges his Model S 2 maybe 3x a week at his office. He’s paid exactly zero dollhairs over the past three years.
You can file that under the heading “Does Not Suck”.
 
MadisonDan said:
I got a buddy in the Midwest that charges his Model S 2 maybe 3x a week at his office. He’s paid exactly zero dollhairs over the past three years.
You can file that under the heading “Does Not Suck”.
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My wife does the same. It's probably charged 80% of the time at work, 20% at home, and very rarely a supercharger visit on long drives (maybe twice in the last year).
 
Think I've said this before - at some point the road tax will come due (or commence.) You'll either get a bill from each state you drive in,
or it will be charged 'as you charge' -

in NJ - the state and federal taxes are ~$0.60 per gallon. Say avg fuel economy is 25mpg - so you'll owe $.60 for each 25 miles driven....
assuming they don't add any hazardous materials tax, or added weight surcharge.
 
Patrick said:
Think I've said this before - at some point the road tax will come due (or commence.) You'll either get a bill from each state you drive in,
or it will be charged 'as you charge' -

in NJ - the state and federal taxes are ~$0.60 per gallon. Say avg fuel economy is 25mpg - so you'll owe $.60 for each 25 miles driven....
assuming they don't add any hazardous materials tax, or added weight surcharge.
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Most states already have separate additional registration fees for EVs. And some are starting to adopt road user charges in lieu of the annual registration which amounts to about $0.02/mile up to the original reg fee.

https://www.ncsl.org/research/energy/new-fees-on-hybrid-and-electric-vehicles.aspx
 
My son left Northern VA on Friday with 1/2-tank of fuel, arrived in Frenchtown with just over 1/4-tank. 2003 VW Tdi w/13gal tank - too bad modern diesels are no longer an option.
 
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Only charged it for 10 minutes that time, but yesterday I charged from around 10% to about 85% and it was around $20 at the super charger. That got me about 180 miles before I was back home with 20% left.
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Huh, I realize at home charging is cheaper, but I am a little disappointed, that isn’t really much cheaper to run then my corolla even at current prices. I was looking into a tesla b/c there are chargers across from my office… but that makes it not seem worth it
 
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Huh, I realize at home charging is cheaper, but I am a little disappointed, that isn’t really much cheaper to run then my corolla even at current prices. I was looking into a tesla b/c there are chargers across from my office… but that makes it not seem worth it
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Yeah but most people don't pay that often. It typically an uncommon occurrence to "fill" at those stations.

It's like being on empty in a gas car and filling up at the station right off the highway. You're not always filling at that station.

Because you start the day off with a full charge you're not typically needing to charge an electric car during the day unless you're on long trips.
 
1TrackMind said:
Huh, I realize at home charging is cheaper, but I am a little disappointed, that isn’t really much cheaper to run then my corolla even at current prices. I was looking into a tesla b/c there are chargers across from my office… but that makes it not seem worth it
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Eh, super chargers are the most expensive way to charge, I wouldn't use them often. I've only used them a handful of times, this weekend being one of those times. Only having to stop and charge once on a trip to Virginia and back doesn't seem too bad to me. Most of our charging is done for free where my wife works, the rest is at home, and rarely at superchargers. So it's considerably cheaper for us.
 
No doubt diesel can go far. My sis has a Vw. 200k still going. I used to borrow it to travel.

But imagine a world where most cars are diesel. Oh wait…
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