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To: george76

With all that extra weight, when a EV hits you in an accident, your chances of living through it are slim


18 posted on 06/27/2023 6:52:05 PM PDT by roving (👌⚓)
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To: roving
With all that extra weight, when a EV hits you in an accident, your chances of living through it are slim

When my wife's ICE crossover (Dodge Journey with curb weight 3,999 lbs) got so worn out it needed replacing, we replaced it with an EV crossover (Hyundai Ioniq 5 with curb weight 4,199 lbs). Oh the horrors! An amazingly large increase of 5%! LOL

Now I'm sure there are other comparisons where the EV weighs a lot more than the ICE car. And I'm aware of plenty of reasons one would not get an EV (i.e. live in cold climate, don't drive enough miles annually to have enough gas savings to be worth it, just bought a new car and have no reason to even contemplate replacing it, live in a 3rd world country like California where the power isn't dependable, etc.). But for our use case, driving 26K miles in the first year of owning our EV has been a good experience, particularly with our 2nd vehicle (we're married and need 2 cars anyway) being an ICE pickup to handle the few driving situations/needs that the EV can't do.

26 posted on 06/27/2023 7:35:06 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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