ICE or EV?

[Liar Loan]

I was just on a trip to Dallas/Ft. Worth and saw exactly 0.0 electric vehicles. This is a metro area with 8.3 million residents.

Some places would have an isolated charger here or there in the parking lot, but I didn't see any parking lot with more than four chargers scattered about, and they were always available with nobody using them.

 

[morekaos]

There normal people in this very thread who can afford and find that EVs work for them.

My EVs were cheaper than ICE cars.

Just because you think it doesn’t make it true. It’s hilarious you still think EVs are unaffordable.

To most of the people on this board, they have always been affordable, still are…but for most others….that is just not true. . And given a choice the vast majority will and still Purchase ICE…that’s just a fact, and not my fact

 

[morekaos]

I was just on a trip to Dallas/Ft. Worth and saw exactly 0.0 electric vehicles. This is a metro area with 8.3 million residents.

Some places would have an isolated charger here or there in the parking lot, but I didn't see any parking lot with more than four chargers scattered about, and they were always available with nobody using them.

people in our state suffer from terrarium bias…they think everyone else acts like those they are trapped with…EVs are like that. Only the coastal elites want them so all their friends have them…problem is, things out in the ocean are different.

 

[irvinehomeowner]

https://www.jdpower.com/business/press-releases/2026-us-electric-vehicle-experience-evx-ownership-study

 

[morekaos]

Nice! There are 5741 happy vehicle owners out of the approximately 98,000,000 autos in the US…bravo!

 

[Liar Loan]

people in our state suffer from terrarium bias…they think everyone else acts like those they are trapped with…EVs are like that. Only the coastal elites want them so all their friends have them…problem is, things out in the ocean are different.

The thing about DFW is they have a LOT of land out there. Everything is spread out. We drove about 700 miles in five days just to get where we were going (which for us was multiple ice rinks and family visits). My point is that in the LA/OC metro you don't have to worry as much about range because things are more compact, but in DFW range anxiety is a very real concern.

Secondly, there's a cultural difference. My son and I went to a sports bar between hockey matches and I had to laugh because the front row of parking was TRUCK, TRUCK, TRUCK. There were literally eight trucks parked side-by-side in front of this place. That is just the norm out there and I think Tesla's might be viewed as a beta vehicle.

Lastly, I could completely fill the gas tank of our rental SUV for less than $40. To charge a Tesla nightly would probably add $200-250 to a monthly electric bill. They already pay a lot for electricity due to high cooling needs six months out of the year. Who wants to add to that?

 

[morekaos]

Should be an interesting experiment this summer. We already have 2 driving trips scheduled…1 to Grand Canyon railway and the other to Montana for a wedding. Driving to both in our Chevy Suburban…I will observe and report of my EV encounters.