Some Ev’s now have android automotive and for me is a huge game changer. Which has charging stops built in and how long to charge for and it tells you how much charge you’ll arrive with at every single stop on a journey. I put my return journey in also and it calculates it all and it stayed live for the whole weekend.
I think I’d miss that as much as I’d miss adaptive cruise control.
So really I only use zap maps or ABRP etc, to see what are the best options / cheapest CPO are on my route.
I recently did a 300 mile round trip. Charged the car the night before to 100% selected only tesla (open to all) in the settings. I actually charged on my way down and then on the way home at the same place. Car said 120 miles from home, I ‘d arrive with 10% and I did.
I spent 29mins total charging. 20 mins the 1st time, from 40% to 80% as no tesla ota after on route.
The whole trip cost me just under £26 and no issues or stress about charging. The cables are heavy though on Superchargers, much more than the tethered home charger, I have. But we find away right.
I’m loving the EV.
I ain’t one to get into the finer details of peoples views as why ev’s are not good or bad. Plastic isn’t good but everything has it in it these days. No other mining is bad but Ev mining is… Amazon forest is being felled to build a road for climate summit. So Imo they not exactly leading by example, I personally just wish they’d let people decide, than forcing the issue.
My ex30 actually has lots of recycled materials, Plastic and recycled jeans., Even vegan leather. All cars are made all over the globe. Is an EX30 made in Ghent any better than one made in China or a VW say made in Brazil. New battery recycling companies are appearing as now there is a supply, On a bigger scale than before. So certainly footprints will reduce.
One could go round and round in circle’s and then we’d say all cars are bad, getting a new car every 3 years is bad.
So being informed is great and then you can make your own decision.
It works for me on many levels and I doubt I’ll go back. There will always be an argument against or for anything.
What matters is what works for you best. For me now that’s a BEV after 30 years of driving ice cars. I’m not scared to rip up the rule book and go in a different direction. It is very different to petrol. But if you use a smart phone it’s not a big issues and look how they have developed as have ev’s and they will only improves as technology improves. Just how the ICE engine did.
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