I am driving my car for almost two years now. I did 35.000 km with zero tax, zero (almost) fuel, zero repair cost, zero maintenance. I did several road trips, the longest one of 7.000 km to France and Spain and back. The car was almost always ready with charging before I was (coffee, lunch).
In the mean time, electric cars are taking off. During the last quarter, the Model 3 was the most sold car model in most countries (it is 15.5% September 2019 market share of new cars in NL and 4.1% in the entire last quarter), fast charging stations have exploded. Stories of EV’s being more damaging to the planet than fossils have been debunked, renewable energy generation has expanded, grid capacity worries disproved.
Still, people ask me: How far can it go, how long does it charge? What do they read?
My car can go far, chargers are everywhere (see Tesla's) for long trips. I spend less time charging than fossils need to refuel. I charge while I work or eat. Takes me two minutes to connect.
Second hand electric cars start at 10.000 Euros. New ones start at 35.000 Euros. Ranges of new electrics is 300+ km. Ranges have doubled, prices stayed stable. Fast chargers are plenty, their speed has about doubled. Roadside chargers (in NL in particular) are plenty and expanding. Two personal friends have gone electric. Three office colleagues as well. Still some are getting new fossils. What will you sell them for?
Did you ever get stuck in traffic and have to stop and go, follow the curved road? Why? Autopilot does this better than you! My trips are 90% on autopilot, including inner city.
What do people read? I don’t get it.