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It's $6.20/US gallon here in the UK but still EVs are only 5% of the new car market, though that's increasing quite rapidly. The cost to buy EVs is still high enough that most people don't choose one, most people can't afford Tesla prices and the cheaper EVs still have limited range which puts people off. Come back in 10 years time and I'm sure that EVs will be 50% of the market, but we are not quite there yet as a viable proposition for most new car buyers. A typical small petrol car here or even a larger diesel car will get 40-50mp (US) g and they are a lot more fuel efficient than even 10 years ago.
Norway has a huge market share for EVs, they are the most popular models there, but that's because regular non-electric cars have huge taxes on them that makes EVs the cheap option. In most countries that isn't the case even if there are incentives of a few thousand $ for buying electric.
In the Los Angeles area gasoline is around $3.90 (regular) to $4.50 a gallon (premium). Apparently gasoline is not too expensive yet because traffic is still awful on weekends and it feels like I'm seeing multiples more Ford Raptors and Dodge Chargers rumbling around.
I have a Tesla Model 3 so I don't drive my second car (a 6 cylinder gasoline powered). For March I saved around $200 in fuel costs by driving the Tesla even while factoring in the cost of electricity. I expect the savings to be even greater in April.
In the Los Angeles area gasoline is around $3.90 (regular) to $4.50 a gallon (premium). Apparently gasoline is not too expensive yet because traffic is still awful on weekends and it feels like I'm seeing multiples more Ford Raptors and Dodge Chargers rumbling around.
I have a Tesla Model 3 so I don't drive my second car (a 6 cylinder gasoline powered). For March I saved around $200 in fuel costs by driving the Tesla even while factoring in the cost of electricity. I expect the savings to be even greater in April.
Yeah, that seems kinda weird from this side of the Atlantic, what do all those people do with those huge pickup trucks? You find a few here, usually people working in trades where they need to carry a lot of stuff all the time, though vans are more popular for that. For somebody who doesn't need big carrying capacity for work though it seems like overkill, a small hatchback car will get you to the office and back fine.
Extra finance costs probably eat up at least that $200/month fuel saving compared with a similar non-electric car I think. Don't get me wrong I like electric cars and they are the future but I don't think they make purely financial sense just yet for most people given the big extra purchase cost.
Yeah, that seems kinda weird from this side of the Atlantic, what do all those people do with those huge pickup trucks? You find a few here, usually people working in trades where they need to carry a lot of stuff all the time, though vans are more popular for that. For somebody who doesn't need big carrying capacity for work though it seems like overkill, a small hatchback car will get you to the office and back fine.
Most of the time the pickup bed is empty. A small percentage of owners use them for work, but most just drive around their suburbs back to their house on a quarter acre lot.
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