5 Reasons You Should (Not) Buy An Electric Car

Should you buy an electric car? How to know if buying an EV is right for you.
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Buying a new car is a big decision, and there are an abundance of choices. Among those choices are powertrain, like gasoline, diesel, hybrid, plug-in, hydrogen, or electric. Making the switch to electric can be intimidating, how do you know if an electric car is right for you? In this video we'll cover five aspects of buying an electric car, and discuss for each reason why you may (or may not) want to buy an EV. Those five aspects include: cost, convenience, charging, driving, and the environment.

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[amutah]

And if you only need a car to travel from time to time, then you should buy a Delorean with a flux capacitor.

[FSXgta]

For me, and probably many other young people the problem is we haven't settled for a long term house/apartment to install Level 2 chargers in.

[balazsfarkas-jenser]

The math only stacks up in the US where petrol is sold as cheap as water. In the EU for instance, electric has a major lifetime running cost advantage.

[Darshedstudios]

What keeps me from getting into purely electric cars is that I live in an apartment building. I am on the 3rd floor, facing away from an open air parking lot. There are no electrical outlets near the parking lot, and I'm not going to dangle a 300ft cord from my apartment window to the parking lot just to have some other tenant unplug my car cause he wanted a giggle.
I also wouldn't be able to charge my car at work because they don't have electrical access on the outside of the building. They also refuse to put in electric car chargers because not enough (literally 0) employees have electric cars to justify it.
Not to be that guy, but I refuse to sit and babysit my car for hours at a charging/fuel station just to make sure I have enough juice for a couple days.
Being on the poorer side makes electric only vehicles almost impossible to realistically own. For some people it's not a problem, and they have the ability to work around lack of charging support in their lives. For me, it's not practical until the infrastructure improves around me.

[robertsteich]

$500 to install an 220 outlet NEXT to the panel? As an electrician, I am in the wrong area of the country to earn a buck.

[Nick_GIZR]

$2 a gallon??? It's almost $2 a litre in the UK give or take...

[MiniLifeCrisis]

Finally, a balanced objective and fair representation of the difference between owning an EV or ICE car, thank you

[nickycarts]

I was a traditional car enthusiast that only would support combustion cars until my girlfriend got her plug in hybrid (15 Ford Fusion Energi) and now can see what's so great about electric cars. My next daily driver car is undoubtedly going to be electric in some fashion.

[yogimunte]

You're the reason why i'm still loving to learn about mechanical engineering, especially automotive engineering

[andyking]

Apparently, Progressive only had one requirement for this video...

No whiteboard.😁

[Agnemons]

Regarding the "EV's run on coal" argument, the nice thing with EV's is that when you upgrade the grid to use more gas/hydro/solar/wind/nuclear power you automatically upgrade all the vehicles charging off it at no cost to the consumer. With ICE doesn't matter what you do with the grid ICE still pollutes exactly the same.

[demagab]

"Let's assume both cars are trouble free for 4 years" you shouldn't have used a VW for this example then

[AdaDenali]

Timestamps:
1. Cost 0:40
2. Convenience 3:53
3. Charging 6:32
4. Driving 8:17
5. Environment 10:05

[johnditoro]

We bought our Model 3 in September 2019. Within a week I realized the massive convenience factor. I leave my garage every day with the equivalent of a full tank. Our other car is a 2019 Volvo XC90. In the 12 months of owning both we put 16, 000 miles on the Tesla and about 5, 000 on the Volvo. When the Volvo lease is up in November of 2021 it will turn into a Model Y and we'll be 2 EV home. We live at 8, 000 feet above sea level in the Colorado Rockies....winter is not an issue.

[mbardos]

One thing worth mentioning, petrol cars are more fuel efficient when driving on the highway (higher speeds), but electric cars are the other way around (as their engine revs way higher on highway, electric cars not having a gear box).
Also, some other points to take into view: scarcity of the materials used in batteries (and the way they are mined), also the grid would probably just collapse, if everyone would suddenly switch to an electric car.

[zehboss]

Just the electricity used in the refinery to produce a gallon of gas is about 7 kwh. This is always produced by the cheapest way possible. Over 90% of the time this is coal and onsite at the refinery. That is typically more electricity than an EV uses to drive 30+ miles.

[PenZon]

I think the more relevant question to ask in many cases would be "Should I buy a new(er) car?". And if you don't drive much, the answer is no. At least if what you have is reliable.

[lombefitness]

You’re the reason I’m going back to school to learn more.

[BiWnning]

We're a single car household and our pure EV works perfectly for us, we do have a home EVSE though. Rapid charging on journeys is actually quite fun.

[InuranusBrokoff]

I'm a petrol head, but not having to stop at gas stations would save me not only time, but also stop me from impulse buying slim jims...

Yep...