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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
RedlineSi said:
wut?

It costs me $3.20 or so, to go from 0 to 100%.
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Thats actually cheaper than I thought. one question I have for the future of EV's 10-20 years from now.

What if you have 5 cars? right now I have 3 cars in the garage and 2 in the driveway/street.
Do you just have 2-3 chargers in your garage for this? and just have the cable long enough to charge in your driveway?

Hell, by then, it will probably be like having an iphone. Have some pad in your garage and it docks your car or something.

Just picturing me needing to go to work in the morning find out my daughter unpluged my charger for her car and didn't tell me.
 
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BCClone said:
It would be interesting to take an EV total cost and an ICE total cost and break down what the cost per mile was on each over the life of a vehicle. Although in the end it would still be a little guessing since things like knowing electric cost/gas costs will be; things like that.
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It's all about the assumptions you make, and there are a LOT of them.

And reasonable assumptions can be very different - price of gas in Cali vs Iowa, winter in MSP vs LA, electricity pricing off peak or not, ad nauseum.

I would guess that over the long haul, and as the tech improves, EVs will win out on cost. Whether that is now, 5 years from now, or 20 years from now depends on your assumptions (and probably location).
 
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ISU_Guy said:
Thats actually cheaper than I thought. one question I have for the future of EV's 10-20 years from now.

What if you have 5 cars? right now I have 3 cars in the garage and 2 in the driveway/street.
Do you just have 2-3 chargers in your garage for this? and just have the cable long enough to charge in your driveway?

Hell, by then, it will probably be like having an iphone. Have some pad in your garage and it docks your car or something.

Just picturing me needing to go to work in the morning find out my daughter unpluged my charger for her car and didn't tell me.
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It all depends on your electrical set up in your house. We have a 100amp separate panel in our garage. I have one charger already installed and in the other stall a 14-50 outlet for now, incase a guest needs to charge, and when we get another EV, I'll add another charger for my wifes vehicle.
 
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I just filled up my 2017 Camry and it got 16 MPG in the past week for 1/2 a tank..

ICE vehicles are not exempt from efficiency loss and are just like electric cars.

Still think i'm 5-8 years from needing a new car (I hope) but the next one will be electric.
 
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ISU_Guy said:
Just picturing me needing to go to work in the morning find out my daughter unpluged my charger for her car and didn't tell me.
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If you have a Tesla, it will send a notification to your phone if charging is interrupted for any reason. :)

Also, we have 2 EV's. They each have more than enough range, which makes it so we don't need to charge both at the same time overnight. They each only get plugged in every 4 days or so.
 
ISUAlum2002 said:
If you have a Tesla, it will send a notification to your phone if charging is interrupted for any reason. :)

Also, we have 2 EV's. They each have more than enough range, which makes it so we don't need to charge both at the same time overnight. They each only get plugged in every 4 days or so.
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I figured so :) but thanks!
 
ISU_Guy said:
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What if you have 5 cars? right now I have 3 cars in the garage and 2 in the driveway/street.
Do you just have 2-3 chargers in your garage for this? and just have the cable long enough to charge in your driveway?

Hell, by then, it will probably be like having an iphone. Have some pad in your garage and it docks your car or something.

Just picturing me needing to go to work in the morning find out my daughter unpluged my charger for her car and didn't tell me.
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In 10-20 years from now, the cars will drive themselves to charging locations and will be running 24/7 making you money. At least that's what Elon told me :)
 
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dmclone said:
Some screen shots that may be beneficial

Car sitting in the garage. Car is plugged in and sitting at 79%. Every few days it will drop a percent or two if you don't drive it but it will kick in and get you back up to 80%.

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Turn on the heat or you can schedule it to turn on before you leave for work and it will set it to whatever temp you last used.

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Around 5 minutes later, heating has been completed.
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The percentages you see at the top are my phones battery :)
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Curiosity has the best of me "bioweapon defense mode and dog mode"?
 
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RedlineSi said:
A lot of those studies have been done already. Over the lifespan of a vehicle, an EV is cheaper is most circumstances.
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There was a recently published analysis of EV vs. ICE cost of ownership and ICE was still cheaper.

Operationally, EV's are cheaper today. But EV's get hit hard with insurance, maintenance repairs and damage.

The biggest unknown is battery replacement. Will they need to be replaced at 12, 15, 20 or more years? And location, user care could be a big variable with batteries.
 
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isucy86 said:
There was a recently published analysis of EV vs. ICE cost of ownership and ICE was still cheaper.

Operationally, EV's are cheaper today. But EV's get hit hard with insurance, maintenance repairs and damage.

The biggest unknown is battery replacement. Will they need to be replaced at 12, 15, 20 or more years? And location, user care could be a big variable with batteries.
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Source? If it's the study I think it is, it was funded by ExxonMobil

With that said, there are some costs that will be higher.
 
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isucy86 said:
There was a recently published analysis of EV vs. ICE cost of ownership and ICE was still cheaper.

Operationally, EV's are cheaper today. But EV's get hit hard with insurance, maintenance repairs and damage.

The biggest unknown is battery replacement. Will they need to be replaced at 12, 15, 20 or more years? And location, user care could be a big variable with batteries.
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I don’t believe you.

Also as said above, source please.

Oil and gas has complete destroyed the public with misinformation right now.

Someone earlier tried to post an anti-EV study as if it was legit but it was funded by the Texas Oil industry lol.
 
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clonebb said:
The stories regarding EVs not charging in the cold show this is not a Midwest vechicle. People actually abandoning their Tesla’s because they can’t charge them.
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Sounded like that was an issue with Tesla super chargers (or whatever they're called)not the cars.
 
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