Really waiting for hydrogen. Right now it’s not viable, but it feels like it’s the only option that could actually save us. Would love to have a tank in my yard for my house and car, or possibly through pipes like natural gas. Many problems to solve there too unfortunately.
I fully understand the drawbacks of hydrogen, and why we physically can not use it right now. But if we had that as the long term goal and treat chemical batteries as a micro-short term stopgap, I can’t help to think we would be a lot closer than we are now.
I did the math and an ev would be about 1/8 the price in electricity versus gasoline. I don’t know what backwards place you live in, but that’s not the norm. Then there’s the lower cost of maintenance and repairs which further makes EVs cheaper.
There’s less maintenance, but repairs are more expensive. After a minor fender bender, expect to add an extra zero to the bill for repairing an EV versus ICE.
A few years ago, it looked like after you factored in the savings from cheaper electricity versus more expensive gasoline, and the lower maintenance costs, the true cost of owning a $45k Tesla was about equal to the cost of owning a $25k ICE car over 10 years, with most of the savings coming from significantly lower maintenance costs in years 5-10. However, it turns out that the cost of unscheduled repairs is so much higher that the true cost of owning an EV is significantly higher than a basic model ICE car.
Battery costs and electricity costs are the reason an EV isn’t even on my radar. I’d rather invest that possible EV money in solar.
Really waiting for hydrogen. Right now it’s not viable, but it feels like it’s the only option that could actually save us. Would love to have a tank in my yard for my house and car, or possibly through pipes like natural gas. Many problems to solve there too unfortunately.
Not sure about a tank but I’d pay for a regular delivery & exchange of fuel cells for my house if hydrogen tech ever gets there.
Hydrogen needs too high of a pressure (thousands of psi), and is much more volatile than natural gas.
I’m not saying never, but it’s tough.
I fully understand the drawbacks of hydrogen, and why we physically can not use it right now. But if we had that as the long term goal and treat chemical batteries as a micro-short term stopgap, I can’t help to think we would be a lot closer than we are now.
I did the math and an ev would be about 1/8 the price in electricity versus gasoline. I don’t know what backwards place you live in, but that’s not the norm. Then there’s the lower cost of maintenance and repairs which further makes EVs cheaper.
There’s less maintenance, but repairs are more expensive. After a minor fender bender, expect to add an extra zero to the bill for repairing an EV versus ICE.
My dealer told me the same thing. Everything is more expensive for EVs.
They sell them to rich people only…
And early adopters who didn’t know better.
A few years ago, it looked like after you factored in the savings from cheaper electricity versus more expensive gasoline, and the lower maintenance costs, the true cost of owning a $45k Tesla was about equal to the cost of owning a $25k ICE car over 10 years, with most of the savings coming from significantly lower maintenance costs in years 5-10. However, it turns out that the cost of unscheduled repairs is so much higher that the true cost of owning an EV is significantly higher than a basic model ICE car.