> But the “wha-a-a” moment was when I saw that you drive a hybrid. Why on earth > would you drive a > hybrid? There are plenty of EV options out there, INCLUDING FCEVs! Some of us > like clean air, > chief! >
We own a Chevy Volt because at the time we bought it, four years ago, it was the best available option. It has enough range on batteries, EPA rated at 53 miles but I've gotten over 90 miles per charge on occasion, for our normal daily use, with the availability to switch to gas on long trips, it gets 42mpg when running on gas. in 2017 there was no option to use hydrogen in my area, this hasn't changed and I doubt that will change any time soon. In 2017 there were no charging stations (level-2 or level-3) that could get us any further away than Phoenix. We bought the Volt because it would provide us with a vehicle that could drive to Oregon, Kentuky, etc on those rare occasion when we visited family, and do so using less gas than almost any thing else available, AND it had enough battery range to meet our normal daily use. My wife finally filled the gas tank on it last week because she'd gotten tired of it complaining about having low fuel, that's the first time this year she put gas in it. It is only in the last year that the charging infrastructure has been brought online that will allow me to drive, either east or west, and get out of Arizona. There was no way I could forsee that happening this soon back in 2017. I don't pretend to be psycic, I can only base my decissions on the facts available at the time. At the time, the Volt was the best option. It still a good option today, I'm not going to just throw it away because there are better options. The next EV I want isn't available yet, but should be in a couple years. Until the next vehicle I want is available we will continue to use the Volt. When we buy the next vehicle I will gift the Volt to someone in my family that is still driving petroleum vehicles. I don't accept this rampant consumerism where you constantly buy the latest and greatest and dispose of perfectly functional property that is only a few years old. That is bad for the environment. _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
