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Originally Posted by Phillies8008
Again, largely dependent upon your situation and use case. For a lot of people it's looked great in reality, not just on paper.
It's really hard to get people to understand that unless you're traveling long distance on a regular basis charging speed really doesn't matter at all. In the 2.5 years I've owned my i4 charging speed has actually mattered maybe 5% of the time. Likely less. For my every day use I don't care if it charges in an hour or in six hours because it's doing it in my garage while I'm sleeping. I never even get close to using all of my available range. It's a totally different mindset than gas that people don't seem to really grasp until they've had an EV.
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I married into a staunch anti renewables family. I'm the tree hugging renewable lefty peg in a square traditionalist family. However one by one their addiction to money has seen then convert to renewables as it cheaper. The most vocal one who has been a federal politician and worked hard against renewables has gone the hardest and invested in making money from renewables. With the latest effort ditching the fossil fueled BMW for an EV Jag so he can trade its battery compacity from his home energy source.
The anti crowds marketing on range has sure taken seed. Most people do <100km (60 mile) a day so only need a small battery. But because the car can't do 450+ mile with a big heavy battery for the once a year trip the ol EV is junk. Imagine if people thought the ol ICE needed to be serviced once a year and for that it was heap of junk.