• Victor@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    EV owner here, you definitely don’t unless you are commuting really far every day. EVs these days have comparable range to a petrol car.

    We charge a full charge maybe once or twice in two weeks? Driving two kids to and from two different schools every day, two trips to the gym every week, maybe a slight detour for grocery shopping.

    The battery is so beast in a mediumish city. We don’t even have a charger, we just charge at the cheapest place in town, near the gym. Drive there then walk 5 mins to the gym, spend about 2–3h a time at the gym, fill up about 20–40% twice a week for like $3–$6 a pop. Nothing money. A lot less than we paid for gas before, and a lot more than we’d pay if we did have our own charger.