To be clear, electric vehicles are not a silver bullet. In cities, bikes are often the better option. However, they do save carbon, and as such, they are one of the many puzzle pieces of the big puzzle that humanity needs to put together in order to survive as a civilization. There will be no single solution because it is such a devilish complex and widely ramified problem. For a matter of survival, we need to grasp every puzzle piece we can.

Also, emissions from cars are a surprisingly large proportion of individual emissions - much larger than many people are aware of. They are like 120 Grams per kilometer per person. If you drive a combustion car to a supermarket nearby to get a pizza, the CO2 cost of the travel there will likely be higher than that of the food.

Edit: typo

It’s funny how five years ago you couldn’t even get an EV because Of supply chain issues. People were paying well more than they were worth.

These wildly fluctuating prices should really be turning off consumers

I wish I lived somewhere that I did not have to have a vehicle to get around, but if I have to have a car, I'd love to have an EV. I'm a poor motherfucker, and I cannot wait for the day when I can get a cheap used EV that's at least comparable to shitty used ice vehicles I drive that leave me sitting on the side of the road

Well picked up our used EV about 2 years ago and it has been great for us. Saved a fortune in petrol.

Are any of them not a privacy nightmare?

For more discussion on technical aspects, especially on battery life times, see also: https://feddit.org/post/21684753