I don't really get the hate for electric vehicles on this sub. I've owned one for 4.5 years. I don't believe in climate change, I didn't buy it for any environmental reason and am skeptical that there are any environmental benefits.

I bought it because it was a quiet ride, doesn't have a typical engine with a thousand mechanical parts to break and leak and ZERO maintenance (no oil changes, tune ups, etc). I have needed only 1 service call in four years and that was when the secondary car battery (one that is in every car) died. That's it.

I also have a charger in my garage at home (zero trips to the gas station), so all of this hysteria over long lines for charging in California don't really affect me. I have never gone to a charging station and it was full -- and only use them for occasional city to city travel.

I realize that having all the carefree years of no engine problems will eventually be traded for my battery eventually failing, and needed to be replaced. But it won't fail at once, slowly the individual battery packs within the battery will need to be replaced. But if you look at how much any car is worth after driving it for 10 years -- the value is non-existent unless you've invested YEARS of mechanical bills replacing many of the original parts.

I am also not saying that I purchased my electric car based on the financial return -- I bought it because it is a fantastic driving experience.