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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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U.S. EV Sales Shot Up 11% In Q1. Tesla Plunged 9% (insideevs.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

You are not - it's year over year sales of new EVs.

Congrats anyway on getting an electric. I've been surprised at how little stress it's been, given how much emphasis has been placed on the downsides. I definitely won't be going back to gas.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Can confirm, I've also refused to get a Tesla and have a smaller EV (Peugeot 208) and listening to reviews etc you'd think they're unusable due to the "tiny" range but it's not been my experience at all. In practice as long as you stay on top of your charging at home/street you're never gonna have to charge it in daily life. We've done a couple long trips with it too and it's a bit more stopping but totally manageable as well, in fact very enjoyable,I get to destination much more refreshed since I'm stopping more and the driving assistance makes the highway a breeze.

[–] Zikeji 1 points 1 week ago

Dang, I did a Ctrl + F on used but should have considered that as an indicator lol.

A couple weeks after getting it I took it on a 1800 mile road trip. The one I got is a '22 Chevy Bolt EUV, the DC fast charge tech is slower than newer stuff and even older Tesla stuff (caps out at 50KW), but honestly that wasn't that noticeable except toward the end when I started getting impatient. ABRP (A Better Route Planner) and the NACS adapter were definitely confidence boosters.