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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.

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EV buyers mostly motivated by lower energy costs than climate concerns, survey finds (thedriven.io)
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[โ€“] FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

For me, it's both

I also do a stop-start sort of commute which is terrible for combustion engines, so I want to avoid that

[โ€“] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

My commute is usually 10 minutes:

  1. Drop off oldest at school.
  2. Drop off youngest at daycare
  3. Return to my home office.

But sometimes it's a 7 hour drive to the head office. Now that I have a car that is actually comfy for long journeys I prefer that over flying.

So I use a plug in-hybrid. When local I only drive electric. If I need to go further it's hybrid. My new car is heavier and more powerful than my old car, but the monthly gas budget is roughly a 3rd of what my old car from 1995 used.