Driving 1725km in an electric car in 2 days
&gt;And everyone should stop driving fossil vehicles starting now. [...] There’s no excuse not to.<p>Isn&#x27;t there?<p>Right now for me to own a Ford Mach E, a Tesla Model 3 or a RAV4 Prime is $3400 to $3700 per year for comprehensive insurance, $1400 a year for liability only. My SUV right now costs $1100 a year to insure comprehensive, but even a 2021 Acura NSX or Jaguar F-Pace is only $1400 for the same level of insurance that I have right now.<p>I only spend about $1200 a year on gasoline for the SUV and another $200 for regular maintenance. So right out the gate, assuming electricity is free and tire rotations are free, I&#x27;m already looking at least $900&#x2F;yr increase in operating expense.<p>And then there&#x27;s the upfront; the above is on top of the $10,000 to $20,000 more I&#x27;d have to spend to buy an EV vs a comparably sized and equipped ICE. And an additional $1500 to $2000 to have my garage accommodate charging a car, assuming main panel doesn&#x27;t need upgrading and only installing a 240V circuit.<p>Right now it&#x27;s a detached garage with a single 120v to it, so it&#x27;s retrenching and installation of new conduit and wire, installing a new sub panel in the garage, and rewiring everything. Not going to count the cost of a level 2 DC charger (Chevrolet and Kia are offering one as an incentive for purchase). Main uncertainty is whether or not the main panel would need to be upgraded.<p>If I didn&#x27;t have a garage, I&#x27;d also have to be super concerned about charging stations though. You leave an extension cord more then once out overnight, it <i>will</i> get stolen; the copper in it is worth a dollar or two. I can&#x27;t imagine how fast a $200 charging cable with $10 of scrap copper in it wouldn&#x27;t get swiped. It&#x27;s unfortunately common here, there&#x27;s quite a few sections of street where the street lights have been knock out for months now due to copper thieves ripping it out of the conduit. A nearby truck depot gets the copper wire cut from the trucks battery systems sitting there overnight every few months.<p>So... yeah. There&#x27;s my excuse. Money.