A Brighter Future for Electric Cars and the Planet

Re:A Brighter Future for Electric Cars and the Planet by seanmcdirmid on Monday July 24, 2017 @06:05PM (#14843156)

For commuters with reasonable commutes of less than an hour each way, EVs make perfect sense. People living in the boonies commuting 2 hours each way...no way. I only use my car occasionally (a tank of gas a month) walking to work instead, so I'm not the ideal target for an EV.

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Re:A Brighter Future for Electric Cars and the Planet by tankerdude on Monday July 24, 2017 @07:51PM (#14843815)

What does the boonies mean? I drive 30 miles away from work and it takes me over 1 hour, sometimes up to 2 hours when something horrible has happened.

The newest generation, like the Bolt, gets 230 miles. Are you saying you are driving over 100 miles in each direction a day?

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Re:A Brighter Future for Electric Cars and the Planet by seanmcdirmid on Monday July 24, 2017 @09:01PM (#14844184)

My dad used to work in grand gulf nuclear station but lived in Vicksburg. 42 minutes each way according to google maps. I thought he was crazy for doing it, but it felt much longer when I was younger.

So ya, you could do that with a bolt or tesla. I guess I have to redefine what I mean by boonies.

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Re:A Brighter Future for Electric Cars and the Planet by tankerdude on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @11:05AM (#14848237)

42 minutes could mean say 40 miles. That's near the upper level limits for a round trip without recharging for older generation cars like my Leaf.

The newer Leaf will make it with plenty to spare. Same with the BMW. Next generation Leaf coming up will go 200+ as well. So things are changing and costs are dirt cheap.

For most of my time owning my car, I charged only at work on the weekdays. It was free. Think I've personally saved over $8K in fuel costs total.

So for me, the total cost of ownership is around 27K. For an civic, I would probably be well above 30K by now.

Get an electric car if you can swing it. Total savings is great!

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Re:A Brighter Future for Electric Cars and the Planet by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @11:56AM (#14848722)

I use a tank of gas a month, if that even, and commute by foot. Electric car doesn't make sense for me yet, but maybe someday.

It would have been ironic if the nuclear plant my dad worked at didn't have electric car chargers. Well, I mean now, he retired a decade ago.

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