Wie steigende Benzinpreise die Rechnung für den Besitz eines Elektrofahrzeugs in Kalifornien verändern

The unintended consequences of their intentional actions. What shitgibbons. I hope this (trying to make Americans more reliant on fossil fuels under the Trump administration) spectacularly backfires on the oil industry.

Unfortunately as an EV owner I am not sitting pretty right now. Electricity prices will be going up due to this idiotic war, just not quite as soon as gas prices. Natural gas is a big part of the grid, and energy is pretty fungible- CA for example uses 33% natural gas so if that skyrockets, all other forms of generation will also go up as the demand rises for them.

Bloke next door mostly works from home but gets a company car🤔 ( how does that work?). They swapped his Kia for the electric version a few months ago. He moaned about it at the time but he’s delighted now.

My only question about the near term viability (I guess potentially long term) in which type of ‚fuel‘ will stay cheaper is the cost of electricity as data center production ramps up.

Buying an EV a year ago was the right decision.

I was expecting an actual equation.

Plug in hybrid gang. ✌️

That said, go EV for the CO2 savings out of the air, and to lower our dependence on fossil fuels and all the international oligarch bullshit that goes with it.

Buying a $40k+ car only to save a few pennies per mile is silly.

Lmao with electricity prices increasing so much more than gas, I doubt it makes much of a difference right now. I’ll stick to my WRX. I can put 3 gallons of E-85 which saves me some money and keeps my engine in optimal health, and once I can get my flex fuel setup done, I’ll save even more money. Don’t think I’ll ever get an EV car until it’s mandated or the incentives are brought back.

Paywalled article.

It comes down to how much you drive. If you do 12k per year in a car with 35mpg then gas can be $7/gal and you are at $200/mo. That’s gonna take several years to make up the difference in purchase price.

But if you drive 17k per year in a 20mpg car then you are spending $500 per month on gas. In that case you should have bought an EV years ago.

Mad at gas car

Stories like this are a great example of why “being right” no longer “feels good” in this timeline.

I genuinely don’t wish suffering and misery on others. I cannot fathom why & how people can be so close minded and short sighted.

Energy independence is national security. We (the United States) won’t learn anything different than they did during the Gulf War.

Bike and bus. If your town doesn’t support that, why did you move there? We knew this was coming.