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Very insightful, Joel and Kathy! Thanks for sharing your experiences driving long distances.

Sounds like for a long trip, it does add time (at least 30 mins) to the drive. I would prefer to be enjoying my end destination with those 30 minutes, but that's just me. :P

I'm excited for the Cybertruck!
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29-Apr-2022 06:30:48

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i personally dont see them getting rid of gas power cars for 5-6 decades . because the goverment in its current state is trying to shut down coal/gas plants and replace it with green energy with infrastructure they dont even have yet. so it makes zero sense the urgency to shut down oil when u dont even have the green infrastructure in place or even know its true reliability yet.

08-May-2022 01:37:49

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Sorry for my outburst before but like I said we have a Tesla showroom up the road from where I live.

And it costs 100 thousand dollars and thats just the chassis. To put the whole car together it costs more.

So I find it hard to believe the average person can buy one of these cars.
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24-May-2022 16:24:56

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Moolestation said :
i personally dont see them getting rid of gas power cars for 5-6 decades .

We're 8 years away from a complete ban on the sale of new petrol/diesel powered vehicles here in the UK.
I know they'll still be around on the used car market (and obviously loads of people will already own one) but it shows how things are going:
https://www.confused.com/car-insurance/guides/new-petrol-and-diesel-car-ban
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24-May-2022 16:27:00

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Kiwi Magic said :
Sorry for my outburst before but like I said we have a Tesla showroom up the road from where I live.

And it costs 100 thousand dollars and thats just the chassis. To put the whole car together it costs more.

So I find it hard to believe the average person can buy one of these cars.
I'm not sure where you're getting that costing or separation from lol... You don't have price breakdowns of what the cost of the car chassis is, the battery + software etc, just the entire unit price.

Right now, a Rear Wheel Model 3 will cost around NZ$70-75k. That's expensive, granted - but that's right now not forever.

The cost of a Tesla has actually increased by around 20% in the last couple of years but that's down to a number of reasons:

1. The demand is just too high currently that Tesla's supply cannot keep up (yet) so a 8-12+ month wait list isn't acceptable by their standards so to slow demand temporarily they increased the cost
2. Predicting the increasing costs of materials knowing that some orders are 12 months away from delivery by which time building the car will cost them more

However Tesla have vowed to introduce a $25k (or lower) vehicle in the coming years in an effort to make their EVs more affordable, but it'll take time to get there, to increase production, bring down manufacturing costs etc

Personally I'm confident they'll get there and they're already positioned well ahead of any other auto-maker with the way they make their cars, the engineering that's gone into them, the castings to eliminate excess parts no longer needed in their process which in turn speeds up production and brings down costs.
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24-May-2022 18:38:48

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Recently were given the chance to drive in the Polestar 2. Fully electric and according to the salesman on the same level as Tesla and perhaps even better. Had such a blast test driving. Just like some people here in this thread I am a petrol person, but being able to drive this car my mind has changed. Such a nice experience!

We are seriously debating purchasing one in a year or two Ooh, shiny things!

24-May-2022 18:43:20

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I've been thinking about making my next car an EV but there are several factors that make it either impossible or undesirable for me.

1. Price. There are a few used EVs I could afford but they're not something I'd actually want to drive :P I like driving and want something with a bit of performance on a par with my current car... and I can't afford a sporty EV. (I'd love a Porsche Taycan one day!)

2. Charging. This is the big one for me, I live in a flat/apartment and the car park is 100 metres away... and has no charging points.

3. Soaring electricity prices. I'll admit that I don't know how it compares to buying fuel at the moment, but the cost of electricity has more than doubled recently and is going to be ridiculous when it rises again in October.

4. I'm not convinced that EVs are a long term solution to the environmental crisis.
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25-May-2022 09:26:48 - Last edited on 25-May-2022 15:44:07 by Rooh

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@Local, yeah the Polestar looks pretty nice, seen a few of them around my area in recent weeks. :)

@Rooh, prices definitely need to come down to spark adoption further although uptake on EVs so far has skyrocketed in the last 2 years :P

In my condo building I don't have charging on my spot either. As an alternative I use a friend's charger when it's available while he's in work but I found a public charger a few blocks away (5min bike ride) that I leave the car overnight if I want a full charge ($3 per session which is a great deal)

I'm not sure about energy costs there but I would safely assume charging an EV is still cheaper per mile than petrol, especially so if people charge on off peak rates over night.

In terms of EVs being the long term solution, as we switch to more renewable sources of energy, battery storage and electric vehicles I'm fairly convinced it's a reliable solution moving forward, especially as production scales, the technology gets better as well. Over 90% of a current EV battery today can be recycled as well so as more companies enter that space that'll only get better :)
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26-May-2022 16:42:25

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Joel said :

@Rooh, prices definitely need to come down to spark adoption further although uptake on EVs so far has skyrocketed in the last 2 years :P


I'm sure they will, mass-market EVs haven't been around that long and eventually more and more will make it onto the used market, making them more accessible.

I have to admit I like the look of the e-Golf and prices are starting to become affordable ... it's just a bit pedestrian performance-wise :P
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27-May-2022 11:55:32

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