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Old 12-15-2018, 01:19 PM   #18 (permalink)
redpoint5
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Those are the huge strengths of an EV. Lower cost/time of maintenance, refueling from home, and low cost per mile.

EVs need those huge advantages because they suffer 1 serious disadvantage, and it's the battery. Essentially it's a $10,000 fuel tank, that doesn't hold very much fuel, takes a long time to fill, needs environmental conditioning, shrinks (degrades) over time, and weighs a lot.
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