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Car dealers say they can’t sell EVs, tell Biden to slow their rollout (arstechnica.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 11 months ago (91 children)

I would like to buy an electric car but I will not because;

I don't have a garage.
I live in a very wintery climate and don't trust the battery to take it/don't want to heat a battery
The closest chargers are at least 50 km away in other towns
My house has 60 amp service (upgrading that is on the todo list, but it's a long list)
I don't trust the battery to last longer than the life of the lease

[–] [email protected] 31 points 11 months ago (53 children)

Most of those fears aren't completely valid anymore.

You can park it outside.
winter gets you less mileage but not the end of the world, some of the fastest growing EV markets are cold countries.
You might be surprised, a lot of grocery stores and even workplaces have some basic charging capabilities. Plus you can charge at home.
If you have an electric dryer you can charge your car overnight, just don't do both together.
Batteries will outlast any lease, if you're looking to get 10-15 years out of a car that would be understandable, but if you're leasing it won't be a problem.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (7 children)

I live in a small town in a rural area. There is one charger in my town, but it's at the county building and is for county employees. There are chargers at grocery stores, but those are 50kms away.

My house still has a fuse box, I don't have any available holes. The whole system needs changed and I will, but that's $10k and that's not a very exciting purchase.

I guess I didn't mean lease, I meant financing. I definitely hope to have a vehicle at least 7 years. I just upgraded my paid off corolla because we needed all wheel drive vehicle for our winters here. Otherwise I'd have kept it till it died in 20 years (corolla joke). The electric car would have to be comparable to that and I'm not sold that they will be. We bought one of the few cars available to us without a multi month wait.

I'm sure many of my fears are unjustified, but I require further evidence. I'm not an early adopter type.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I get the old house rural life. I wouldn't worry about the lasting 7 years right now. That being said driving a relatively efficient car for a couple decades is definitely environmentally friendly by comparison to getting a new truck every 5 years. Probably not too far from buying a new EV every 7 years once you add the embodied energy.

In a few years things will come around so make sure you've upgraded your electrical panel by then.

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