it gives you a good feeling to have an electric car when
gas prices are soaring opening up the butterfly doors
of his Tesla model X never gets old for Ron's are bach.
The lifelong Utan decided to buy an electric vehicle
five years ago because he wanted to help the
environment. It's very inexpensive to operate. There's
no maintenance costs except for tires and more people
are following his lead in july. Consumer reports found
a majority of americans would buy or are considering
getting an electric car. Still skepticism remains in a
similar survey from the market research firm JD Power.
Nearly a third hesitated because they don't know enough
about E.V.S.I do like the savings as far as the mileage
but I definitely would have to learn more about them.
Price is another speed bump more than half of shoppers
told consumer reports that they were put off by the
costs of owning an E.V. It's true that electric cars
are generally more expensive than gasoline cars. Data
from Kelley blue book this year puts the average
electric car around $63,000. That's $15,000 higher than
the auto industry average. And what about fuel ups the
price to charge your E.V. Can run about a third of the
cost to fill up on gas each month. But if you're
charging at home, you might see a 30 to $60 bump in
your energy bill plus 30 states charge hybrid and E.V.
Owners a fee to make up for the money. They're not
paying in gas taxes, which help cover infrastructure
costs up until this point if you were driving an E.V.
Or a hybrid to the extent that you are not using
gasoline, you are not helping support the system upon
which you depend and while you will have to spend money
on gas and charging your oil and filters, E.V. Battery
replacement runs anywhere betwe a couple $1000 to
$20,000 although they only need to be replaced every
eight years or 100,000 miles. But last year the
Department of Energy found E.V.S have lower scheduled
maintenance costs than gas cars, a difference of four
cents per mile. That may sound small but one analyst
found that could save you over $8000 during your E.V.S.
Lifetime. Plus there are government rebates for owning
an E.V. Although they are limited. You have a tax
credit based on which type of vehicle that you buy at
what time some of them have run out. For example the
Tesla's ran out because they were so oversubscribed.
But all the new models coming online have the
opportunity to generate a personal tax incentive. Even
if more people were able to afford the cars. One third
of those surveyed by J.D. Power said they wouldn't have
any place to charge at home or at work. The Department
of Energy says there are nearly 43,000 charging
stations nationwide with around 120,000 individual
ports but they're not spaced out evenly, leading to a
phenomenon dubbed range anxiety right We don't get
range anxiety with gas because there's a gas station
Every mile. How many miles can I drive do I think about
it Do I have a place to put a charger How do I charge
Government data shows in some states there are as few
as three charging stations for every 100,000 people.
And California has nearly the same amount of charging
stations as the 39 states with the lowest count
combined. Arizona is getting over $76 million dollars
in federal dollars to boost charger accessibility, bu
leaders say it's not as easy as installing more of them
One of the concerns is the cost also just the
availability of the materials to, to install the
infrastructure with all the labor and supply chains
challenges we're experiencing right now. Americans may
also be holding off on E.V.S because they're more
interested in big cars. According to data from Edmunds,
a car shopping website, 80% of the top 10 selling
vehicles in the U.S. Are either trucks or SUVs. E V.S
are typically smaller. But a recent survey from
recurrent, the world's largest analysts of E V battery
Health found presales from some electric trucks and
SUVs are passing lifetime sales for older tv models. E
V salesman acknowledged range was limited in the past
but say there are now more makes and models that can
fit drivers needs. It's imperative that we understand
what the vehicle that we're driving is used for their
vehicles out there with 100 miles of range. Their
vehicles out there with over 300 or even lucid with
over 500 miles of range states are now in the driver's
seat to find solutions to consumers. Biggest concerns
like in indiana where the Department of Transportatio
is developing the world's first wireless charging
highway with magnetic fields embedded in the road or
the electric highway initiative which aims to build
the largest corridor of charging stations in the nation
between eight western states. When you travel from Salt
Lake city to moab or boulder or Zion that you know when
you get there, you'll be able to charge that vehicle,
keep playing and then make it home hesitation could
wane as the government ramps up production efforts. Th
White House announced this year 7.5 billion dollars of
the infrastructure bill will help by new E.V. Chargers.
President biden also issued an executive order last
year calling for half of new cars to be electric or
plug in hybrids by 2030 and popular car brands are
plugged into the need like general motors, which
declared that by 2035 it will only produce electric
powered cars, Jason Bellini Newsy