Yeah. I live in an apartment. There’s nowhere to plug one in at home or at work, so the convenience just isn’t there. If I was living in a house when I bought my car I would have considered it, but a combustion engine car was just so much cheaper.
Which leads into the next thing - regressive costs. EVs have a higher up-front cost, but a lower total cost of ownership, particularly if you live in a house. If you can’t afford that up-front cost or don’t have a convenient way to charge it, like, say, because you live in an apartment, you may be stuck with getting an ICE vehicle and wind up spending more money over the life time of the vehicle. This is a contributing factor in the poor staying poor and the wealthy, or even just middle-class in this case, having lower expenses.
I can see the challenges you mention with people that live in apartments. It’s another layer to figure out.
Yeah. I live in an apartment. There’s nowhere to plug one in at home or at work, so the convenience just isn’t there. If I was living in a house when I bought my car I would have considered it, but a combustion engine car was just so much cheaper.
Which leads into the next thing - regressive costs. EVs have a higher up-front cost, but a lower total cost of ownership, particularly if you live in a house. If you can’t afford that up-front cost or don’t have a convenient way to charge it, like, say, because you live in an apartment, you may be stuck with getting an ICE vehicle and wind up spending more money over the life time of the vehicle. This is a contributing factor in the poor staying poor and the wealthy, or even just middle-class in this case, having lower expenses.