I bought a cheap used EV at the beginning of july. A 40 kwh Nissan Leaf. I was really nervous about the idea of daily driving an EV, but I knew I'd figure it out if I just got one and forced myself to. I felt like I was making a potentially really bad decision.

This has not been the case. I plug in at home and charge midnight-6am for 8¢ per kwh. I leave at 100% and get home with ~50%, while running the AC in 105 degree heat. I've fast charged it twice, once because I wanted to see how it worked, the second time to show my wife how it worked. I've never needed a fast charger.

It's like driving a normal car, except it's cheaper, quieter, smoother, faster, (for at least the first 100 feet) and I don't have to burn almost a gallon of gas each way back and forth to work.

I wish I could have bought one sooner.

Smug for driving a car? Imagine biking or taking public transport.

Only a little - groceries still arrive at the store on diesel trucks, so I get to share the pain.

Swasticar?

Lmfao nope Trump will expect people to sleep at work, like in China 😂😂

Well the question that remains is how much will this Iran war break the oil economy. I think the time will come when people will be forced to take alternative commutes. That's how big of a disaster is present on the horizon.

Or maybe I'm just wishing we have a complete fuel shortage to enjoy car free living for a bit?

You're not counting the scenario in which distant houses that are stranded in some "suburbia" will crash in value and those places will be slowly abandoned.

Would've been cooler if it wasn't a stock photo

I live in Oklahoma and I have been having a lot of fun telling everyone that trimp is a woke plant to trick everyone into driving EV's.

Unfortunately, the reason why gas didn't triple in price is because China started burning more coal instead of gas.

Dude is doing whatever it takes to make gas cheaper so people can drive more. It's the liberal car brain dream.

Y’all are trying to lynch

jfc get a grip.

Would you get mad if parking spots were taken away to put up a bike lane? Would you be mad if an extra lane was taken away to put in public transportation? If you answer yes to these 2 questions you don't hate cars enough...

This community doesn't want to lynch people who drive, we don't fucking want cars to take up 100% of our space especially in cities!

Take a train to the nearest train station, then have your parents pick you up. If your parents live in the middle of nowhere and need unorthodox transport, then leverage the unorthodox transportat they already own.

This is after the US completes a base level of unfucking their complete lack of alternatives to car transport of course.

GFC??

Gesus Fucking Christ?

Tell that to Newsom... 🤣🤣

It's amazing to me to think Netherlands is the way it is today due in part to the gas shortage of the early 70s.

USA did also start to reinvest in public transportation after these shortages. We have obviously ways to go.

I don't believe we will survive the Trump administration though. The federal government is absolutely going bankrupt, and with it will go any reinvestment into our public transportation. I'm a pessimist so hopefully someone can be more cheerful below.

So the leading Democrat candidate for president is spreading fake news? Color me surprised

I agree with your analysis and I just found this post funny from Newsom. However I think there is a more serious underlying issue.

https://youtu.be/8TTxoUFl7kU?is=pbnD7hJg3na4gFa2

I agree with Jeff Currie that the crisis is just beginning regarding the fuel issues caused by this Iran war. What do you think?