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If you own a house there is no reason not to own EV. It is so much better to plug it in for a night every week or so instead of going to a smelly gas station. Imagine you had to go to a “gas station” for your phone charging.

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I own a 2017 Honda Accord Hybrid. It is cheaper to drive than an electric (less than ten cents a mile) and cost of ownership is much, much less. Also, not everyone who owns a house has a garage.

Does 10c/mi account for replacing the battery every 150k miles?

interestingly, the accord hybrid gets around 47 mpg. only about 11mpg more than the gas version.

With Hybrids it gets pretty tricky, because the highway economy is about the same as an ICE car while the city economy is much better. Just looking at the combined fuel usage doesn't help much.

If you live in a city and do mostly city driving then hybrids are worth it, if you do mostly highway driving then they're a waste of money.

I mean, I feel like not having the capital is a good reason. It's hard to find affordable EVs. The used market, while less crazy than it was, is still not great for EVs, st least in my area.

Im a huge fan of EVs, though, and if I owned a car it would be an EV.

>I mean, I feel like not having the capital is a good reason.

Almost nobody has the capital to buy a new car, they are mostly financed.

It's still an expensive vehicle either way, my total avg car maintenance cost + fuel is about $120/month, an EV is just far too expensive to think about.

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