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Originally Posted by drmiller100
Electric can be "cheap", but is it convenient?
Pretty hard to beat the convenience of a modern car.
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True to a point, but do we all need gasoline cars? just like we don't all need pickup trucks or 15 passenger vans, of course there are time that those vehicles are great to borrow and I know a number of people who don't own a car at all but they do borrow or belong to a car share program for those times that they do need to haul a months worth of groceries or a truck to haul a new couch or bed.
A while back someone did a comparison study of how much time they spent at gas stations in a year compared to how much time they spent plugging in their electric car, it was around 11 hours a year at the gas station compared to less then an hour total per year plugging in an electric car, add to that time spent getting oil changes, mufflers and tune ups every year, sure electric cars do need some attention but it's stuff like tire rotations and washer fluid replaced that gasoline cars need as well.