I guess electrically powered vehicles are coming but seems to me they are presently only a rich person's toy with present technology. By that I mean, they're only good for around town and short trips and they cost A LOT. So another conventional vehicle is required for real traveling. We only have 1 car (Ford Focus) plus a 30 ft. MH. I also calculated that Chevy's plug-in cost so much that a car like my Focus cost so much less, the difference would buy gas for 7 years. I'm not including hybrids which sort of make sense even though I don't personally like them. I don't see batteries in sight that would enable real travel but maybe there's some secret technology? Apparently Ford is all in for electric. Good luck with that.

The technology is far better than what you realize. Though I don't see electric cars outright replacing gas/diesel even 10 years from now. The more that are in the market however, the lower the prices. The reality is that many of us will end up with electric cars for much of our day to day needs.

From what I have read. Milage can be in the 400mile range on a charge. And recharge in an hour

They argument is always that it won't work for my situation, so they will never work, which is simply a false argument. Use our family for example. Not counting kid's car, we have a van for long distance travel/towing duties and I have a small commuter car to get me back and forth to work. I've had my commuter car for 4 years and in that time period, it hasn't been more than 250 miles from home. The vast majority of its time is in-town. An electric would work fine for this vehicle. When it comes time to replace, I will probably look at them although it probably won't happen since I don't spend a ton on cars because, well, they are just cars to me so there probably won't be any in my price range. The point is, too many people that seem "opposed" to electric seem to take an all or nothing approach and I don't think it will be that way for many years to come.

Electric vehicles! Great, BUT, when will the electrical grid get upgraded to handle all those all electric vehicles? Where is all this electricity going to come from??? Citing a new electric power plant is next to impossible, takes years to get permits, not to mention building the physical plant. So again, where is all this power going to come from?

You are right, at this point in time an EV is best in a two vehicle household. I've been daily driving EV's for 7 years, but We've always owned a gas car for longer trips too. With a wife and two teenagers, we've got a few cars anyway.I drive around 35 miles/day. With a 9kW grid tied solar array on my house, I'm sitting pretty with no gas and low PG&E costs. But of course I paid $30k to install the solar in 2016 so... you're not wrong about the price point of it all. But that's where most technology begins. And at the rate PG&E is increasing their rates, the payoff is getting shorter every year!EV's are getting better, and several hundred miles of range is attainable today, but the discussion of EV's in relation to tow vehicles is generally speaking not going to go well, especially around here lol.

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p220sigman
Explorer
Jan 18, 2019
They argument is always that it won't work for my situation, so they will never work, which is simply a false argument. Use our family for example. Not counting kid's car, we have a van for long distance travel/towing duties and I have a small commuter car to get me back and forth to work. I've had my commuter car for 4 years and in that time period, it hasn't been more than 250 miles from home. The vast majority of its time is in-town. An electric would work fine for this vehicle. When it comes time to replace, I will probably look at them although it probably won't happen since I don't spend a ton on cars because, well, they are just cars to me so there probably won't be any in my price range. The point is, too many people that seem "opposed" to electric seem to take an all or nothing approach and I don't think it will be that way for many years to come.
Wild_Card
Explorer
Jan 18, 2019
From what I have read. Milage can be in the 400mile range on a charge. And recharge in an hour
Campfire_Time
Explorer
Jan 18, 2019
The technology is far better than what you realize. Though I don't see electric cars outright replacing gas/diesel even 10 years from now. The more that are in the market however, the lower the prices. The reality is that many of us will end up with electric cars for much of our day to day needs.

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