When do you think you will buy a 100% pure electric vehicle?

When will you buy a 100% pure electric vehicle?

  • Already Own One

    Votes: 39 5.5%
  • In the next year

    Votes: 7 1.0%
  • Between 1-5 years

    Votes: 128 18.1%
  • 6-10 years

    Votes: 169 23.9%
  • 10+ years or never

    Votes: 363 51.4%

  • Total voters
    706
The lack of a 12-15 passenger van makes it unaffordable for me. That’s what my family needs, otherwise we will be taking 2 vehicles everywhere we go. I have seen cargo vans that size and those are more than I would be able to afford for a long time, so I don’t even know what a 15 passenger van would cost.
so you're 0.001% of the population. Not sure then why this thread is of interest to you.
 
so you're 0.001% of the population. Not sure then why this thread is of interest to you.

I mean, the question is asked for everyone, so he is a data point in the discussion, but obviously just one small data point.

It'll be a long while before every use case can be solved by electric options, even if the market continues to grow significantly
 
so you're 0.001% of the population. Not sure then why this thread is of interest to you.

The thread is a question. I answered the question. It’s also of interest to me because I’m one of the people that installs the chargers. I don’t know who made you the gatekeeper of the EV discussion.
 
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Anecdotal, but a ton of parking lots around my neighborhood in LA have charging spots. There's even some streetside ones. About 1/3rd of the parking spots in my building's garage have chargers installed.

So are these parking spots reserved? Do you just pay with a credit card while charging? Especially the streetside ones I would guess parking spots are at a premium?
Asking because I don't know not trying to argue at all.
 
The thread is a question. I answered the question. It’s also of interest to me because I’m one of the people that installs the chargers. I don’t know who made you the gatekeeper of the EV discussion.
I think we’re all just questioning your sanity at this point!
 
So are these parking spots reserved? Do you just pay with a credit card while charging? Especially the streetside ones I would guess parking spots are at a premium?
Asking because I don't know not trying to argue at all.
Yeah, the spots are reserved for EVs and they take a credit card to charge up while you shop. They tend to be closer to the storefronts. The ones on my Apt work the same way (I think). The curbside ones seem kind of randomly placed. I don’t have an EV so I don’t know all the ins and outs, it just seems like finding a charger wouldn’t be a huge problem in my neck of the woods.
 
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What is your address?
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So my math is wrong? How are we going to go from 20% renewable to 100% by 2035? 26 million a lot different than 120 million.
 
We need to stop using EVs as an excuse to not upgrade our power generation. We need to do that regardless, EVs just speed up the need. We're never going to need less power. It's time to modernize.
I 100% agree, so what is the solution? To me if we want to shutdown fossil fuels nuclear is the only solution
 
The lack of a 12-15 passenger van makes it unaffordable for me. That’s what my family needs, otherwise we will be taking 2 vehicles everywhere we go. I have seen cargo vans that size and those are more than I would be able to afford for a long time, so I don’t even know what a 15 passenger van would cost.

You trying to get a reality show?
 
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I 100% agree, so what is the solution? To me if we want to shutdown fossil fuels nuclear is the only solution

I think we’re in the 5 digits of MW’s of wind energy production. The estimated full potential is in the 8 digits.

And It doesn’t all have to come at once. Don’t really need a “solution”, just progress over time. The US’s demographics are slowing down. new technology and modified technology comes along. The problem almost solves itself because in a capitalist society companies and individuals are forced to innovate and meet demands if they want to be successful.

With climate change I’m not a fan of creating a bunch of new nuclear facilities. Sure it should be a supplement as it’s proven. But weather and natural events are getting bigger. Bigger tsunamis, bigger hurricanes, bigger earthquakes, bigger floods, bigger droughts (a really unique issue when thinking about nuclear). Nuclear is a technology that comes with huge risks.

I’m not moving near a nuclear power plant any time soon I know that.
 
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So my math is wrong? How are we going to go from 20% renewable to 100% by 2035? 26 million a lot different than 120 million.

No way we're 100% renewable by 2035. Perhaps we could be 100% renewable for all new power plants by then.

But there's no reason that should slow the transition to EV. These can be done in parallel. It's not an all or nothing game. Incremental improvements still mean something.
 

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