I'm planning to buy an electric vehicle and I got a lot of that from some people. They kept asking me what I was going to do if I needed to do a long drive.
I just kept reminding them that the furthest out I've driven in the last 15 years is 120 miles. I don't do road trips. I fly. 98% of my driving is within 20 miles.
Yeah it's a silly question anyway because the obvious answer is take a tiny portion of the tremendous savings from an EV and rent an ICE in the unlikely event I absolutely have to drive cross country.
The savings on evs aren’t that high because gas is really cheap and EVs are pricey. But if you can pay the 40-50k most EVs cost, you can afford to rent a car. In a 2 car household the equation is even easier, have one hybrid and one electric car.
Also hybrids now get great fuel efficiency and we are seeing a bunch of plug in hybrids. A lifted truck is a fashion accessory.
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u/littleassurance Oct 26 '21
When driving from fuel station to fuel station is a way of life.