It's not perfect, but the goal is to move forward and improve things which we can. In FL we have access to EV chargers by the power company that are completely powered by 100% renewable energy sources. This is a powerful network that others would like to strive for, and there is other charging companies out there also working off renewable energy sources for their chargers.

And it's not fully just about the environmental impact of a single car, but in the long run is moving away from fossil fuels and improving our power grids and more green resources, as well as reducing the dependence on oil, especially foreign oil. In turn this also helps reduce the cost and demand of oil/gasoline which in the long run can help many other areas and people. It's going to take time but this is all baby steps that will lead to improvements.

Getting our EV in a couple weeks, look forward to it. Will be a main daily commuter so it's a shorter range vehicle but perfect for daily use.

We are getting a charger installed by the local power company. You pay $31 a month and you get unlimited charging at home, the charger is programmed to operate and charge at night when it's not peak hours. So come home, plug in, and overnight its ready to go all for one monthly price.

This should work out nicely, right now as our monthly commute costs us over $220 in gas at minimum, sometimes much more depending on other stuff going on. We got a larger vehicle which will be used only when needed and for cargo hauling, so it's gonna not get a ton of usage as we focus on the EV

The charging time during off peak hours is more than enough to fully charge the car we are getting, it's a lvl 2 charger so it should always be able to top us off each night and our daily drive/commute is within the battery range too so we should be able to handle only using the base 31$ a month. If we need to have it give us some charge during day time hours, then it just consumes normal electricity and adds to your monthly bill. The unlimited "free" charging is just for if you leave it charging only at night, which the charger is programmed to do automatically.

Averages are funny cause it's just that. We have a bunch of affordable EV options in the 30k range.

We just picked up our Mini Cooper EV which was 35

That logic makes no sense, just because you can get a ICE for cheap, it has no bearing at all on people spending 50k+ on more expensive ICE cars all the time. Best friend works at Mercedes, their customer base has no problem gobbling up expensive cars.

Theres always going to be folks who can't afford it for now, but this is absolutely no different from any emergent technologies. Heck when VCR's and VHS were starting out, those were rich people only tech. Cell phones, DVD players, etc. But over time it improves, prices come down, adoption rates increase.

This is still new but growing rapidly, as are the options available to consumer keeps growing.

Our little EV has been great so far. We were spending $250+ a month average on gas due to work commute being pretty far, so now we have been keeping things steady with $31 a month for our home charger which is a flat fee system. A pretty decent savings a year coming by us switching to an EV as our daily driver. We still got a regular gas powered car that is larger and for if we need more cargo space and for long distance travel, but switching to a daily EV has really been nice change of pace.

Did you remember to get gas?

Got our EV in Feb, and since then our budget on gas has saved us already almost 1k. Good stuff. We have a large commute for work so the EV has been a blessing in just a few months.

Multiple surveys have shown this to be false. Also majority of EV adoption has been in predominantly conservative states.

That's based on per 100k density. Not total EVs

Florida is #2, Texas is #3 in total registered EVs

https://www.npr.org/2023/07/26/1190188838/ev-chargers-network-range-anxiety-bmw-gm-honda-hyundai-kia-mercedes-stellantis?utm_term=nprnews&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=npr&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR0MIyCeqXmpo3jDd-57LNPfsNTB52gG5loUhCTOv3e8lM6WePgeEW8Y87A

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