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Even if I owned a EV I would not be parking/charging it in the garage. I don't need it burning down my whole damn house if it goes sideways.

Source: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/08/junk-filled-garages-hurt-ev-sales-as-people-dont-have-room-for-chargers/

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>There are plenty of reasons to be pessimistic about electric vehicle adoption here in the US. The current administration has made no secret of its hostility toward EVs and, as promised, has ended as many of the existing EV subsidies and vehicle pollution regulations as it could. After more than a year of month-on-month growth, EV sales started to contract, and brands like Genesis and Volvo have seen their customers reject their electric offerings, forcing portfolio rethinks. But wait, it gets worse.

Even if I owned a EV I would not be parking/charging it in the garage. I don't need it burning down my whole damn house if it goes sideways. Source: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/08/junk-filled-garages-hurt-ev-sales-as-people-dont-have-room-for-chargers/ From the post: >>There are plenty of reasons to be pessimistic about electric vehicle adoption here in the US. The current administration has made no secret of its hostility toward EVs and, as promised, has ended as many of the existing EV subsidies and vehicle pollution regulations as it could. After more than a year of month-on-month growth, EV sales started to contract, and brands like Genesis and Volvo have seen their customers reject their electric offerings, forcing portfolio rethinks. But wait, it gets worse.

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A couple of times a year, my family hops into one of our ICE vehicles and we can drive anywhere we want to. I can get to either coast in less than two 12 hour shifts of driving. How long would that take if I had to pull over every few hours and charge the damn car for a few hours each time? At least twice as long. Fuck that. I drive to get to my destination and only stop to refuel, and only piss when I refuel. I HATE if that take more than 5 mins.

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Some guy actually did that, I think it was a shorter drive but he said it took a extra 5-6 hours for his trip vs if he had a ICE vehicle.

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All I would be thinking during that down time, waiting for a battery to charge, is knowing where I would already be if I didn't have to stop to let the coal fired power plants push electricity into a car.