[mingus88]

Funny, I start every morning with full range and very rarely dip below 50% SOC by the end of the day.

I have been using the portable charger that came with my EV, sharing the 30A outlet with my dryer. The only times I've "wasted time waiting for charging" is when I'm on a road trip, and that time was spent in a nearby store doing shopping I've needed to do anyway.

My municipal electrical rate is $0.11/kWh and I've saved a small fortune compared to my old gas vehicle.

[landemva]

> I've saved a small fortune compared to my old gas vehicle.

Fuel taxes pay for the roads, so who is funding your fuel tax avoidance?

[nozzlegear]

In Iowa I have to pay an extra EV fee with my yearly vehicle registration/tags. I'm honestly not sure what that fee goes to in Iowa, but I imagine such a thing could be adopted to pay for an EV's share of the fuel tax.

Edit: looks like it does in fact act as the fuel tax for EVs.

[PDF] https://iowadot.gov/mvd/vehicleregistration/Electric-Vehicle...

[brewdad]

Fuel taxes come nowhere near paying for the roads. Only a lack of imagination prevents us from replacing any lost tax revenues.

My town puts a $9/mo fee on my water bill to pay for road improvements. Everyone in town pays in regardless of how much or what they drive. The money is also being spent on sidewalks and bike routes, so non-drivers benefit too.

[peytoncasper]

In GA there is an annual EV tax applied that is meant to replace the fuel tax when you re-register your vehicle.

[carcostthrow]

>My municipal electrical rate is $0.11/kWh and I've saved a small fortune compared to my old gas vehicle.

For you it makes sense. Our residential rate just hit $0.20/kWh, excluding rider and admin fees. Plus higher purchase cost plus several thousand dollars more insurance rates compared to an ICE.

[Patrol8394]

When you start getting closer to $0.20/kWh https://www.fueleconomy.gov/ then there is no much different between EV and hybrid. If you then account for the fact that EVs can easily go for a +$10k over the hybrid equivalent...then you should come to the conclusion that EV is not that convenient, if at all.

Also, many have mentioned the possibility of charing at work ... good luck with that.

I am in favor of EVs, but infrastructure is not there yet and as said they are still too expensive. Also, given the pace of innovation, I think EVs depreciates faster than Hybrid equivalent.

[xenadu02]

Thanks to solar panels my EV charging has no ongoing cost.

Frankly even if solar were even with gasoline I'd still prefer solar because I generate it myself. No supply chain issues, refining problems, or oil disruptions can stop me from driving or increase my cost to drive.

If you keep saying "infrastructure is not there" then it will never get there. You need demand to kickstart infrastructure deployment. Maybe infrastructure isn't good where you live but for a lot of people it exists and continues to improve. Lots of parking lots in the bay area have electric charging points now - there were approximately zero just 10 years ago.

Electricity has the benefit of an existing grid everyone is already connected to, large chunks of time when that grid runs at a tiny fraction of its capacity, and really easy capacity upgrade paths that operators already do all the time (eg when an industrial plant expands or a new commercial facility is built).

[Patrol8394]

You should have read my first comment where I said that it is not convenient _unless_ you can charge it at home. And here you are … “thanks to solar panels” … you are the exception not the rule. Many people don’t live in houses, let alone have the possibility of installing solar panels and pay premium for an EV car.

Let me guess … you have a Tesla…

I will just wait perhaps in the next 5 to 10 years. For now I am happy with my hybrid.

[mavhc]

When you say many, do you mean <25%?

I'm fine with EVs being only 75% of new cars sold for now