You're 100% right. It amazes me how much more popular EV's are in the north. With many EV owners living in densely populated areas where it's hard to charge at home (i.e. live in apartment, or houses so close together that everybody parks on the street).
When my wife and I make road trips up north (if it's in the EV it's not winter LOL) we always see more EV's at the chargers than we do in the south. To me that makes no sense. And when I talk to them during the 10-15 minutes I'm at the charger, they talk like they drive few miles in theirs (read: they wouldn't pay much for gas if they had a gas car) because they live in areas where all their needs are close to home. They're amazed that my wife and I put 26K miles per year on ours. I'm always amazed that someone would consider getting an EV unless he drives it enough to make the gas savings worth it. But then, I'm not religious enough to believe in their warmageddon cult.
[[unless he drives it enough to make the gas savings worth it. ]]
How much would,one have to drive a $60,000 ev to make up for gas $$ savings? Can get a gas vehicle of similar build quality for around $20,000.
Also, from what I understand, tires last only about 8,000 miles or so on evs (not sure why really). Seems like that would add more $$ to an evs overall yearly cost compared to gas cars which get around 30,000 or more miles on set of tires
My daughter bought a Tesla because she travels every day for work and figures she’d save A lot on gas plus I’m pretty sure for the status symbol as well. Super cold day this last winter it wouldn’t charge. Husband was researching Chevy bolt found out a new battery would cost just as much as what a merely 1-year-old car is going for.
More rich idiots in the North than the South...