Anyone with an EV?

[rocket surgeon]

Ya strike me as guy who drives a white hummer.

it's actually my wife's car, but...alrighty then

i have a street legal kawasaki teryx that i drive mostly unless we have longer trips, freeway etc

in wisconsin, she has a WHITE lexus, i have a grey sahara

[JWags85]

i have a street legal kawasaki teryx that i drive mostly unless we have longer trips, freeway etc

Your daily driver is a dune buggy?!

[jesmu84]

Your daily driver is a dune buggy?!

All of this is adding up

[rocket surgeon]

Your daily driver is a dune buggy?!

no, a 750 kawasaki teryx, it seats 4 with the back bench, has a top speed of 50-55  take it shopping, golfing or up in the mountains.  they are fairly common down there

[rocket surgeon]

All of this is adding up

new math or old math there jesus man?

[WarriorFan]

Not an owner yet... but watching the technology carefully.

There are some new quick charge technologies for batteries that can charge in 15-20 minutes.  It is special battery and special charger technology.  Will take a few years to get costs down to consumer level but I'm sure it'll happen.  That's when it becomes a no-brainer.  Hook up the charger, go into the station and have a coffee, and before you're done with your coffee, the car is charged. 

[jesmu84]

Not an owner yet... but watching the technology carefully.

There are some new quick charge technologies for batteries that can charge in 15-20 minutes.  It is special battery and special charger technology.  Will take a few years to get costs down to consumer level but I'm sure it'll happen.  That's when it becomes a no-brainer.  Hook up the charger, go into the station and have a coffee, and before you're done with your coffee, the car is charged.

The Ioniq 5 can already do 10-80% in 18 min.

[MU82]

I am pretty close to ready to buy now. If a car I wanted that I felt was a reasonable price were available now, I would sell my 2011 SUV for the impossibly high price that it supposedly could fetch now and make a move.

But unless I want an ICE vehicle, what I'm looking for isn't quite out there yet. Maybe by year's end, or next year.

[StillAWarrior]

The Ioniq 5 can already do 10-80% in 18 min.

That's a hell of a range. I would think virtually all of them could do 5-80% in 18 minutes.

[muwarrior69]

You realize nearly every state charges a hybrid or ev tax on registration to make up for lost fuel taxes? And it's frequently significantly higher than what the average citizen pays in fuel tax.

Spare me the outrage.

Here in NJ to renew your registration is $64 regardless if the car is gas or EV powered. So if you drove 12k every year and got 30mpg you pay $160/year gas tax (41 cents/gallon). Between fuel tax and registration the gas driver is paying more than double than the EV driver. Even if you paid a $100 registration fee for EV as in California the gas driver is still paying a lot more in "Fuel" taxes.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

So buy an EV then and realize your dream of paying less taxes.

[LloydsLegs]

Don't forget he'll be donning his wispy neck square.

That's ascot to you, doc.

[real chili 83]

That's ascot to you, doc.

Handy for wiping BBQ sauce and bacon grease off your mug.