They're cheaper to operate per mile than gasoline.
Only after you purchase the vehicle. This doesn't take into consideration, replacement battery packs. It also doesn't take into consideration the time it takes to charge the batteries. You're limited to the range of a charge and must carefully plan your route so you can make it to a charge station. And then, if there's a queue...
My current vehicle cost $18,500 after tax credits.
The battery packs are warranted did 150,000 miles, but even if they died at 150,001 miles it would prorate to about 5 cents per mile.
They're is no "time charging" because it charges while I sleep. I don't drive over 200 miles in a day so I don't need to recharge other times.
doesnt care about the billions of tons of dirt to move to find a few ounces of lithium.. using fossil fuels
I can agree that EVs are not the future that everyone thinks they are. I'm in the diesel is the future because of its varying options.
Some of your points are moot. Vehicle cost happens either way because you need a vehicle.
People who buy EVs often end up installing a home charging unit or at least installing a higher capacity outlet to plug into. A lot of places here in the US have been installing Pay Charging stations because of the tax credits for them. I'll put this on the potential buyer to know the charging station infrastructure in their region before they buy an EV.
My current house is a corner lot, if I was going to stay here another twenty plus years I'd install a pay charging station on the side yard and optn it to the public.
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