in addition, as an apartment dweller charging would definitely be an issue.

Purchased used.

One of the Lyft drivers I used a few months ago was on his second one. He bought his first used and went for a new one one after hundreds of thousands of miles on the used one. He claimed it was the most reliable car he had ever used and given all the free chargers in the Baltimore city area it was the most inexpensive for business. He has some normal maintenance expenses but hasn't spent a thing for fuel.

an actual, workable, heavy load FARM truck. Not a tiny truck, I need to pull a 3 horse, slant load trailer with a fifth wheel. I have yet to see an EV like that. Sadly mine is an old, loud diesel truck with a Cummins engine but it pulls anything I am likely to need.

I would gladly buy a car to drive but really, we cannot afford another car at the moment and whatever it is needs to be able to stand up to miles of gravel roads. Those roads took out my Smart Car in only 2 years (it was already really old for Smart in this country).

with needs like yours are going to be using gas engines for the foreseeable future. EV’s just aren’t up to the task yet.

get up to that but when they do they will most likely be unaffordable for most people. I will be done with all of this by then. At that point EV is the only way to go and should be.

EDIT: I should also add that I do not drive that truck any more that is absolutely necessary.

Rachel Maddow has done stories on the Ford F-150 electric on her show. It's apparently pretty impressive, and has good towing capacity.

$55K the way most will want one.

Too much for me.

My truck is old, it has Kucinich stickers on it . It is nothing fancy at all but to buy one like that now, no way.

to tow a trailer that size with 3 horses in it. That is a city truck or a country truck if you hire out your work, most likely the situation Rachel would find herself in.

Hoping for one that is all electric for 50 miles or so and then hybrid gas kicks in. I do so little driving around town I’d easily stay with in the pure electric range but could use gas for the rare long outing.

I have a 2013 I bought certified pre-owned and get 30-40 miles electric range (it's lower in cold weather). Later models had more range

I won't do that again.

It lasted long enough that our children learned how to drive in it and frequently borrowed it in college.

I gave it away when they bought their own cars.

We just gave away our 09 with 174 thousand miles on it to our grandson it doesn't have the warranty for a second owner so he will just run it into the ground and then junk it. We own a 2015 with 76,000 and a 2021 with 6,000 miles. Those will probably be our last cars.

But I think, albeit not backed up by science, that driving my older car until it drops is better for the environment.

Please, somebody show me some real data, and I'd reconsider my position !!

I would by an electric car for my daily tooling around. Obviously have to have plan b for a vacation or a visit drive...

I just read about it and it really interests me when I need to ditch my Chevy Volt.
Base price is under $20,000 which makes it the cheapest hybrid vehicle on the US market.

do some driving around and bring me home again - otherwise I'll wait. They'll get there.

I bought a Chevy Bolt a couple of years ago and love it. The best part is how low-maintenance EVs are. Besides tire rotations, the first scheduled service is 150k miles to change out the battery coolant. When you use '1-pedal driving' and rely on regeneration to slow the car, you almost never have to use the break, so even those don't wear much. Just this week I had to drop $1k for a water pump on my emergency backup ICE car.

Maybe make it free for those of us making under $50,000 a year.

But it would be a great policy.

We need some equally great ideas that can actually be implemented, I think.

For me, helping people become solvent and independent, so they can make decisions that help them do even better should be the goal. And that's not a simple idea, but it's an idea that could actually improve everything for everyone.

We have too many economic layers in our society, it seems to me. I'd like the number of layers to be reduced, eliminating the obscene wealth of top layers while simultaneously eliminating the bottom, desperate layers by redistributing that wealth. The middle layers will take care of themselves if we do that.

However, I have no freaking idea how that could be accomplished. I'm just not that smart, nor do I have a platform to make anything happen. So...

We just sold my husband's hybrid Sonata to CarMax, because we're both working from home and don't need 2 cars. We kept my Santa Fe SUV because of the cargo capacity. Our next one will probably be a hybrid or electric SUV.

...for a new car anytime soon.

That said, I'm hoping that by time I'm ready to replace the Volt there will be a lot more long range (300+ miles) options at more affordable prices.

At present I'm much happier having a PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle) than a fully-electric car. I drive 95% EV, but I feel much better having a gasoline-powered extended range.

I've also learned, living in New England, how much winter coldness drops electric range. A nominal 300-mile EV range will be more like 180 for much of the winter.

I'd really love it if graphene-aluminum battery tech is in full swing by time I want to buy a new car.

Issue is the lack of substantial charging facilities sufficient to support long-range driving.

It would be less problematic if I ONLY drove locally and there were local charging resources (still in limited supply in NYC).

Then, it's the only issue.

People still buy cars. Even $1000 can get you a car that runs, drives, and stops. A $4-5000 car can last for years, if you choose well.

You should be good for most drives in a modern EV with a 200+ mile range

And fast charging has been more than doubling every year. That trend will continue.

so an NEV might work, but I'd need to be able to go more than 25 mph. If that were pushed up to 50 mph or so, that would work well for me and be affordable.

auto (regular production) on the planet is the Tesla Roadster at 1.9 seconds. They are supposedly going to offer a SpaceX boostered version that does zero to 60 mph in 1.1 seconds.

I love the get up and go of my EV.

We're halfway through the note on our current car and intend to drive it until it's no longer drivable, but when the time comes we're definitely going to look into an EV, or at the very least a hybrid. Her commute to work, round trip, is roughly 35 miles, so easily done in an EV. Just makes more sense all the way around.

library, post office, most of my grocery and hardware shopping, doctor visits, etc.

Love my electric bike.

I live in a rural area, and avoid cities when traveling, so the amount of miles I can drive per charge on an electric vehicle is too low, because of the number of charging stations available, and the number of hours required to charge the batteries.

I drive a hybrid and like it. It is my hope I will never need to buy another vehicle.

will last me the rest of my life.

…($38,000) so, no hurry.

we can talk.

I make a few 700-mile trips per year to visit my elderly mother, and that would be the primary reason for my "demand". I do it presently with a 42-44 mpg gas-powered car, so I'm keeping relatively efficient as it is.

Wouldn't go back to gas if you paid me.

My current EV is a VW ID.4. Great all-around SUV and reasonably priced. I've already done some long road trips in it, and it's performed flawlessly.

Our EV future is already here, the technology is good enough. People just need to come around to that fact.

To be able to charge it in my garage is too expensive unfortunately. It would take massive modifications to my home’s electrical layout. I wish that would be considered in the push to get EV’s on the road. I’m all for them.

No massive upgrade. An electrician can run a line to your garage for 500-1000 or so depending on how long the run is.

So you’re a licensed electrician and willing to do it for $500? Well, come on down!!

The quote I got was for much more. Guess I’m being bamboozled.

a 10-30 dryer plug with a sizable run for 600. I got several quotes. One was nearly 3x what I paid.

She drives from the Twin Cities to Wisconsin frequently to see family.

She said she's selling it as soon as she can due to it's poor range, and replacing it with an EV with at least 300 miles of range.

if at all possible.

Likely we stick with Porsche (we have a petrol Cayenne ATM, love it), but open to others, especially Tesla and Mercedes.

it might have made a difference for me. But that said, I recently (May) but a Kia K5 which I love and gets 40 mpg on the highway. I need a car with range for my trips to Ohio. This is the first foreign car I have ever bought, but US sedans were more expensive for less features. I have a 100k warranty (10 years but I am more likely to hit the miles first). My next car, which will be in several years barring bad luck, might be electric.

2007 Porsche Boxster S. Bit of a different driving experience than the Leaf.

Also I don't drive. I did at one time, but I am much too nervous and just stopped driving back in my early 20's. Don't miss it.

I just put an order in to lease a new car when my current lease runs out.

Since I live in NYC, I've opted not to go EV yet. The infrastructure isn't there. I don't have a dedicated place to charge my car at my home... I'd need a dedicated driveway to do so. And the infrastructure isn't here yet. Maybe in three years when my lease runs out, it'll be more of an option.

They are starting to install chargers on the streets nearby. Prospect Park West has a few. Whole Foods has one.

But I use it mostly for local errands or road trips. And the charging factor isn't as comfortable to me as I'd like at this point. I'd need to feel more confident about my ability to pull over and find a dedicated EV charging station before I put all my eggs into that basket.

I bought a 2017 mdx hybrid used for 30k. It's not an ev but it gets me 27 mpg with city driving, which is great for a 3 row suv. I also enjoy driving so I appreciate that it handles well and can haul ass when I need it to.

If you aren't ready to go full ev yet, there are great hybrid and plug in hybrid options out there and some are very affordable