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I sometimes wonder if I've already bought my last gas powered car. Glad to see things moving in this direction.
Honestly I bought an EV, and I don't think I'll go back at all. I haven't had any downsides, it's been all around a more convenient car
Me too. And i don't even have a home charger. Charging has been slightly inconvenient occasionally but never a real problem. I'm never going back to a stinker.
Home charging is a lifestyle game changer. I hope you get it available to you at some point.
Can I ask, is the reason you don't have Level 1 (120v outlet) charging available because you're renting where you don't have a garage or dedicated outlet available to you?
If you can, adding a lvl 2 charger is 100% a worthwhile investment. If you can't I understand though
People also never think about how inconvenient it is to go to gas stations. Especially if they shop around for better prices. With EV charging (besides road trips), you never think about it.
I'll gladly scrap mine and revert to walking and a wheelbarrow if it gets us out of this mess.
IMO you shouldn't decrease your quality of life for the idea. It's better to push politicians into spending your tax money on green infrastructure
I mean, things like eating less beef are important too.
Not owning a car increases my quality of life, by leaving money for goods and services that I actually enjoy (and not being quite as crushed by the cost of living). But I get that it's not viable everywhere.
If public transport was more reliable I wouldn't need a car. But since it isn't I'd be stranded and not able to really get to any large towns. If you live in a city it's probably much more practical to not own a vehicle.
Unfortunately if you live in a city everything else is probably much more expensive anyway, especially housing, so you may not get any benefit from not owning a vehicle.
It will, but the hard part’s getting everyone else to go along with it
I have. Hope to pass my GTI to the kids when they're old enough in a few years. Replace it with the EV GTI coming.
If for some reason I have to replace sooner, I'm going with a Hyundai Ioniq 5. I'm a sucker for hatchbacks. Cracks people up because I'm 6'4".
Woah woah woah...ev gti? I must go do some research
VW claiming it will be real by 2026. I bet US doesn't see it until 2027.
I've got a manual GTI and I'm planning on keeping it forever, too. And I'm also 6'4" and love hatchbacks. Are you me?
As a former GTI, GTI, and Jetta GLX owner, I was extremely disappointed with the E-Golf. My wife and I have been wanting a better EV Golf variant and hoping the GTI platform pushes VW to do it right. Until then I watching the EV truck market actually put out stuff out that could actually be a week in the woods vechile.
The E-Golf is gone, luckily. ID.3 is the one now. For a sportier version, look at Cupra Born. We picked one up for the missus and it's a lot of fun!
I’m glad that I made it this far in life without having to buy one. And that my children might not even have the option.
I believe I have already. I just bought my first EV last fall and it’s going great so far. Charging at home is a real game changer. Certainly they’ll be the rule, before I need another
…. This is my first summer with it, so we’ll see if I still say that after more road trips
Then there’s my kids. I have two teens, new to driving. So far they have my old Subaru, but we’ll see what happens when they want their own vehicles. ICE vehicles are cheaper, especially used ones
I keep thinking that the second hand market for electric cars is going to become reasonable. But it never does
Leafs are reasonable now. Some older Teslas. That's about it.
The problem is that electric cars are so awesome, they hold their value for EVER.
I've been able to make do without a car for over 30 years of my life and i just bought my first car, an EV. With a home charger it's awesome and off-peak charging I often get a full charge (77kWh) for 1€.