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Now that I've finally gotten an electric vehicle, I'm never going back to an acoustic one.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3214/
I'm sure charging stations exist, but I've only ever seen one with my own eyes once (Brazil, major city)
Meanwhile in Europe I take off for road trips with my EV that has very mid range, fully trusting there's gonna be a station when I need one, at first I used to plan the trips around charges but quickly figured out it's not necessary. If you have a newer model with big range then it's really a total non-issue. Sucks to hear Brazil isn't there yet but I'm sure the infrastructure will catch up soon.
Drove home today from the countryside in Finland. A station every 30km at least.
Gas costs ~2€/litre.
In South Africa, I have seen plenty in the big cities, but nothing on the countryside.
I'm hesitant to get an electric vehicle because I don't currently have anywhere to charge near my condo. My condo parking spot isn't near a building, so it would probably be a pain to charge from there. I'd be interested if my office had some charging stations.
Until then, I'm quite happy with my old Prius. It goes, stops, and steers as needed, no complaints. Catalytic converter has only been stolen once.
He was one of that day's lucky 10000
Plugable hybrids are a good compromise, when people remember to actually plug them in and run on electric when they don't need to travel long distances.
I'd rather not have to deal with a petrol/diesel engine than go long distances, but saying that is a bit of a non issue to go a long distance in an EV in Europe.
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