There’s no question that the shift towards electrified vehicles is already well underway. Despite some brands’ concerns about making the move to an all-electric lineup, EV sales are only growing across the country. But we wonder if a number of you early electric car adopters might find their way back to internal combustion vehicles.
Battery-powered vehicles offer quite a number of benefits over internal combustion. And we’re not just talking about the potential advantages to the environment over burning dead dinosaurs. We’re talking about tangible benefits that even non-car-enthusiasts would notice.
For example, electric cars don’t require the same types of maintenance that internal combustion cars do. Gone are the days of oil changes, timing belt services, and transmission fluid flushes. EV owners also don’t have to deal with things like turbo lag or lagging automatic transmission gear changes.
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At the same time, electric vehicle owners have a number of unique issues that they face including absurd battery replacement costs. And that’s not all. While charging networks across the world are better than ever, there’s no question that the infrastructure for EVs pales in comparison to that of internal combustion vehicles.
In addition, those who might have hoped to charge their vehicle at home might have found that they can’t even install a charger if they don’t own their home. Others who rely on public charging stations might have been disillusioned by poor charging experiences. It’s not unusual at all to find such stations with chargers that don’t work properly or don’t work at all.
Even those who might have access to a high-quality and reliable faster charger might own a vehicle that doesn’t charge quick enough for everyday use. Toyota just acknowledged that its new bZ4X might not fast charge in extreme cold.
Those sorts of limitations are things that the vast majority of us have never had to deal with regarding internal combustion engines. So we have to ask those of you who have already made the switch. Will you ever swap back to internal combustion? What straw is the one that would break the camel’s back as it were? Or are you decidedly going to stick with electric vehicles til death do you part? Tell us in the comments below!
