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Has anyone regretted buying a fully electric car? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I need a new car, and I really want to go full electric. I'm wondering if anyone regrets buying one? What are the downsides?

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[–] [email protected] 70 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I own 2 Teslas and an electric lawnmower since 2018 and I live in the Arctic Chicago area. No regrets besides Elon turning out to be a shitlord.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I am exactly you except I live in the south.

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[+] [email protected] -7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Something I don't see mentioned often... everyone I've met who doesn't regret them for other reasons eventually runs into their first major issue when the first cold wave hits each year. You get two choices: put them in a garage where they're a fire hazard (people vastly underestimate this issue) or leave them outside where the elements can be a hazard to them if you live somewhere with exceptional weather (water proof, cold proof, heat proof, and impact proof are not the same thing especially in certain severities, like would you drive down the road of bones in an electric vehicle?)

Looking into it, they don't/shouldn't come off as technically bad, I'm in no way saying they're inferior to gas vehicles, but they're made with carefulness in mind, not conformability. Not that I consider this outstanding in a world where vehicles have always been made with different emphasis on different things. I myself use public transport, I live somewhere where the fears that are valid would be the strongest should I complete a driving exam.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Ah yes, the dangerous battery myth.

Much safer to store a vehicle full of extremely flammable liquid with ten times the potential energy of a comparable lithium battery, right?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Put them in your garage then understand that by and large they use lithium batteries and those hate water. Store your water and lithium separately.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They also hate being shorted out. There are whole car brands, both gas and electric, with a manufacturing error that rivals the hoverboard in spontaneous combustion, completely unprovoked. Sometimes the battery just says "I give up" without rhyme or reason. And an average car fire soars ten meters into the sky at its peak, it's not something you could just "put out" if caught in time. If it's in a driveway, you typically just end up with a crisp car, but in a garage, it's like playing Russian roulette with your whole house. Would not recommend.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 day ago (13 children)

I've gone from the Chevy Volt, to the Bolt, to a Polestar 2, to a Ford Mach E. 7 years in EVs, around 100k miles, with no regrets and no intention of going back to ICE.

I'm not even sure what the downsides are. Maybe longer trips require a tiny bit more planning? The infotainment systems do all the work though, telling me where to stop and how long to charge.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

My Hyundai Ioniq 5 is my favorite car ever! We've taken it on two long road trips with very few issues. The biggest issue was one charging station in a rural area had a 2 hr wait to use it. But we typically only take 15-20 mins to charge from 10%-80% on road trips.

Not sure where the top commenter is getting their range issues from. Our level 2 charger at home adds ~250 miles of range in 4 hours. In hindsight probably would have gone a cheaper route of a simple exterior 240V outlet on the wall and a compatible cord to save a few hundred dollars.

Otherwise there's very minimal maintenance and the car is super easy/fun to drive. Love the 1-pedal driving mode after a short learning period, it's so responsive that the car feels like it reads my mind on where I want to go/how far to be behind the next car.

Edit: the 2025 Ioniq 5 models are coming with the Tesla charging port, so that will open up a lot more charging stations!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Same boat as the other reply, I really like the look and features of the Ioniq. How much space do you have in the boot and in the interior in general?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

There is plenty of space for passengers and storage. We traded in a Ford Fusion sedan and the Ioniq 5 has much more storage space than that did. One of the long road trips I mentioned was a camping trip. We were able to bring two big tote bins, a big cooler, a canopy tent for the picnic table, folding chairs, sleeping bags, air mattresses, extra blankets, and two dogs on the back seat. As a bonus, we got an adapter that plugs into the charging port and can power a hotplate for boiling water faster than a camp fire (also serves as back up power for my house if the power goes out, can run an extension cord down to the freezer). There is a small frunk, we mostly use that for emergency supplies.

I'm above average height and can fully extend my legs in both front seats and never have issues with head clearance. I like the space between the two front seats as well being mostly open concept as opposed to the closed spaces in Teslas. Feels spacious for every day driving and on road trips can fit a soft sided cooler as well as a food bag.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

I'm really intrigued by the Ioniq. It isn't cheap, but it looks great.

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

As much as everyone complains that it's too expensive I am very happy with the Toyota zx4.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I didn't like how it handled, but it was way way more comfortable and predictable than a tesla 3.

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