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[–] jonne@infosec.pub 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, I currently still have a petrol car, but I feel like an electric car would work out better with my current usage. I basically never do long trips, so every month or so I have to go out of my way to fill it up. If I had an electric car I could just plug it in at home, and if I was feeling fancy I could even set the charger up to only charge with excess solar so it would be completely free.

And finding a charger on a long trip and stretching your legs for about 20 minutes definitely seems better than stopping at a stinky petrol station.

[–] tankplanker@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If you can charge at home especially on solar they make so much sense. I would not switch back for any ICE as my main car even if i was gifted a non returnable Ferrari lease.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yeah, I still have the ICE car because when I bought it I wasn't in a position to charge at home, and electric cars were expensive ( like $100k+ for a second hand Model S).

But yeah, now I have a garage and there's a ton of affordable cars coming out of China.