The switch to EV will be the smart financial choice for the drivers, and not to mention the better selection than the gas guzzlers for environment. The federal and the state tax credits or rebates, besides cheaper fueling or maintenance costs, will make over 20 new electric vehicles in the market the wise investment. However, used EVs are the quickest selling used vehicles. Meanwhile, electric cars for sale in San Diego have hit the record average very high of $18,800. It is now the best time to buy the used EV marketplace.
While price has now come down to purchase and install the station in the home garage that can charge the electric car battery, still it can exceed to $2,000. There is a hit to the monthly home bills to check in. Definitely, you will save huge money just by not fueling at a local gas station; however, your electricity bill can jump up when you are charging the electric car battery each night. Whereas some EV owners will turn to the solar power for charging their vehicle, cost to buy or install the reliable solar system is above $10,000. Without charging station, the EV owners can end up stranded. It may not be the problem in case you stay in the major metropolitan city; however, many North Americans do not have the reliable infrastructure with them for the EV. Also, there is cost of running the charging station at your home to think about.
Maintenance
The electric cars are sophisticated items. They will be costly to maintain as well as fix in an event of the breakdown. You need to consider many licensed mechanics aren’t quite familiar with the electric vehicles and do not know how you must repair them. The parts are tough to come by as well as, owners sometimes are highly forced to deal out with vehicle manufacturer when the maintenance is needed. It will get costly.
Driving Range
The driving range is elephant in a room while it comes about electric vehicles. The analysts & industry executives agree the primary issue that is keeping the people from buying the electric car is distance that cars will drive before they run out of the battery power as well as needing charge. With lack of the charging stations accessible, it is really safe to say many people will not be taking the cross-country road tours in the electric car.
Battery Life
We have already established replacing the electric car battery will be prohibitively costly, at over $5,000. So question comes how often you need to replace battery in the electric car outright? Whereas most of the automakers claim their batteries are very good for over 500,000 miles, and life of an electric vehicle, reality is many batteries have to get changed after around 150,000 miles. It is not very different than battery in the smartphone and laptop — eventually this loses some of the strength as well as loses charge much faster than brand new.
