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Environment & Energy

CoopersDad

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11. I really loved my Volt, a crazy driver sideswiped me.

Reply to Finishline42 (Reply #9)

Sat Aug 24, 2024, 11:59 AM

Aug 2024

I had the Prius before that, and for the Volt I installed a charger, oversizing it in case I ever needed more current.

My wife treated herself to a Model Y, commutingg 90 miles/day to her classroom teaching job near Yosemite.

When I needed to replace the totalled Volt last year I was already used to the Tesla experience and had the 50 amp charger so went for a Model 3 after test driving a half dozen other cars.

That Model 3 was only $27,000 after federal and local incentives.

Yeah, Elon's a dick but the cars are super smart and well designed and mostly made in the US, the incentives can be use on other models.

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Hybrid vs. Electric Cars: Why Hybrids Make More Sense - Kelley Blue Book [View all] Caribbeans Aug 2024 OP

You're so right about our need to speed up building a clean energy grid! Think. Again. Aug 2024 #1

California and the other states that have mandated no ICE cars be sold after 2035, will only allow 20% to be hybrids MichMan Aug 2024 #2

I was reading that EV vs gas was likely to hit parity in two years. Old Crank Aug 2024 #3

Conventional hybrids, i.e. the non-plug-in types, get *ALL* their energy from gasoline. That's 100% refined fossil fuel progree Aug 2024 #4

If we were really serious about Climate Change... -misanthroptimist Aug 2024 #5

And what we're driving is getting bigger and heavier (and more deadly to pedestrians) progree Aug 2024 #6

If we were really serious, we would raise gas taxes several dollars a gallon MichMan Aug 2024 #12

Different cars fit different needs. EVs, PHEVs are both much better than hybrids and ICEs. CoopersDad Aug 2024 #7

Hybrids make sense for the transition. No range anxiety..Hybrids are more reliable also while using less gasoline mitch96 Aug 2024 #8

I owned a 2009 Toyota Prius Finishline42 Aug 2024 #9

I really loved my Volt, a crazy driver sideswiped me. CoopersDad Aug 2024 #11

Challenging the assertion: "isn't helping the environment" CoopersDad Aug 2024 #10