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Originally Posted by RedDevil
The availability of public chargers today should be way better than in 2012-2018. Over here 5 years ago public chargers were not that common. Now it is hard to find a parking lot of any size without charging options.
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In the US it doesn't make sense to drive an EV if you have to rely on primarily on public chargers. Gas is cheap and public chargers are expensive.
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Originally Posted by Piotrsko
What about the lease is up and gassers are now cheaper to lease? I dunno, all my stuff is at least 10 years old.
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That is why I'm driving a gas car to work today.
I leased my 2016 Spark EV because it was $100 a month and I could charge for free at work. $100 a month was cheap enough to be considered fun money and a way to try out living with an EV even if it didn't make financial sense. When the lease was up the cheapest EV lease I could find was $200 - $250 a month.
My wife was riding her bicycle to work 4 days a weeks so it made absolutely no sense to buy another car instead of just having her drive the van to work 1 day a week. Now she has a new job with a 50 mile commute so she is driving the TDI.
Last week my employer told us we were returning to work on a hybrid model: 3 days in office, 2 days home. I'm planning on riding the Piaggio MP3 and picked up an new airbag vest last week.
Even if I didn't have motorcycles to ride there is no math that makes sense to buy or lease an EV instead of driving the van 3 days a week. (600 miles / 15 mpg = 40 gallons * $3 / gal = $120 a month)