asg70 wrote:Plantagenet wrote:How about you? Do you see any EVs where you live?
I sure as hell do, all the time, and not just Teslas. One time I parked at a discount store and when I came out another Hyundai EV (Ioniq) was parked right next to me. I don't know if he just wanted to get a look at my Kona or it was just a coincidence.
I haven't seen an Ioniq in the wild yet. My neighborhood started going EV as far back as the Volt and original Leaf though, the only recent addition has been the Model X next door. So maybe the local market was already saturated? I didn't even know the Ioniq was out until after the fact, and normally I keep up with such things.
asg70 wrote:I think the statistics lie a little bit when electrics are concerned. There are a ton of gas cars that are registered that may not be actively driven. But those who have electric cars are using them as their daily drivers and so they're simply more visible than the statistics may indicate.
I found a Leaf parked in a garage not 3 houses up last week, I've lived here for going on a decade now and never saw it arrive. Sneaky EVs, being quiet and all! It had a plate on it already so it couldn't have been a new acquisition, and it was a Gen 1 Leaf. So across just 4 houses on my side of the street we've got 3 EVs. Trying to make the odd neighbor out see the error of their ways perhaps.
I wonder why peak oilers all don't own one of these things, if they really believe what their Bible tells them about peak oil and shortages and rationing and hundreds of dollar per barrel oil prices and whatnot? I wonder sometimes if Savinar has one, and uses it on his way to seances or his palm reading gig at the local carnival?