There was never any ambiguity in my mind that an electric vehicle could only be as reliable as the charge that can take you from home to point B and back home on the same charge.

And that the full-coverage warranty on the battery must be satisfactory assuming it will likely break when the warranty expires.

(Replacing an electric car's battery is insanely expensive, to the point you might as well buy a new car.)

Locally, it is an interesting option to go to work and grocery shopping if the family has two vehicles, because here electricity prices are very low and gas price high.

The possibility of using the car's battery to cover a power outage ( ex : run the refrigerator and freezer for a bit. ) is a nice perk, but obviously doing this means you won't get to use the car's full charge, and better have a gas vehicle too.

Carefully calculate the gas savings vs electricity bill vs electric car higher price, and pick a car with a contract warranty fully covering the battery long-enough to at least break-even.

Under the impression you could rely on an electric car for long distance trips ''because smart charging stations''? You were lied-to, and believed the lies. It is a common complain that charging stations are broken or occupied, and maintenance problems in all infrastructures due to divershitty will only worsen over the years.

A trip outside the battery's autonomy necessary to take you back home is a risk to account for.

There was never any ambiguity in my mind that an electric vehicle could only be as reliable as the charge that can take you from home to point B and back home on the same charge.

And that the full-coverage warranty on the battery must be satisfactory assuming it will likely break when the warranty expires.

(Replacing an electric car's battery is insanely expensive, to the point you might as well buy a new car.)

Locally, it is an interesting option to go to work and grocery shopping if the family has two vehicles, because here electricity prices are very low and gas price high.

The possibility of using the car's battery to cover a power outage ( ex : run the refrigerator and freezer for a bit. ) is a nice perk, but obviously doing this means you won't get to use the car's full charge, and better have a gas vehicle too.

Carefully calculate the gas savings vs electricity bill vs electric car higher price, and pick a car with a contract warranty fully covering the battery long-enough to at least break-even.

Under the impression you could rely on an electric car for long distance trips ''because smart charging stations''? You were lied-to, and believed the lies.

A trip outside the battery's autonomy necessary to take you back home is a risk to account for.

There was never any ambiguity in my mind that an electric vehicle could only be as reliable as the charge that can take you from home to point B and back home on the same charge.

And that the full-coverage warranty on the battery must be satisfactory assuming it will likely break when the warranty expires.

(Replacing an electric car's battery is insanely expensive, to the point you might as well buy a new car.)

Locally, it is an interesting option to go to work and grocery shopping if the family has two vehicles, because here electricity prices are very low and gas price high.

The possibility of using the car's battery to cover a power outage ( ex : run the refrigerator and freezer for a bit. ) is a nice perk, but obviously doing this means you won't get to use the car's full charge, and better have a gas vehicle too.

Carefully calculate the gas savings vs electricity bill vs electric car higher price, and pick a car with a contract warranty fully covering the battery long-enough to at least break-even.

Thought you could rely on an electric car for long distance trips ''because smart charging stations''? You were lied-to, and believed the lies.

A trip outside the battery's autonomy necessary to take you back home is a risk to account for.

There was never any ambiguity in my mind that an electric vehicle could only be as reliable as the charge that can take you from home to point B and back home on the same charge.

And that the full-coverage warranty on the battery must be satisfactory assuming it will likely break when the warranty expires.

(Replacing an electric car's battery is insanely expensive, to the point you might as well buy a new car.)

Locally, it is an interesting option to go to work and grocery shopping if the family has two vehicles, because here electricity prices are very low and gas price high.

Carefully calculate the gas savings vs electricity bill vs electric car higher price, and pick a car with a contract warranty fully covering the battery long-enough to at least break-even.

Thought you could rely on an electric car for long distance trips ''because smart charging stations''? You were lied-to, and believed the lies.

A trip outside the battery's autonomy necessary to take you back home is a risk to account for.