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I agree there are those biases, and also agree that a fair bit of this is partisan, as we see from posters here.

Anyone who states "I'd never buy an EV ever." is likely 99% conservative.

I agree there are those biases, and also agree that a fair bit of this is partisan, as we see from posters here.

Anyone who states "I'd never buy an EV ever." is likely 99% conservative or old.

FTFY. I suspect some of the people here are just old and set in their ways...

I find it a little sad that it's aligned that way. I'm an engineer, so I simply look at EVs as a car with an alternative powertrain. They have some significant advantages. They have some significant disadvantages. Ultimately I'll look at my next vehicle purchase as EV or not-EV on the merits of those tradeoffs and what I want, not based on political bias.

FTFY. I suspect some of the people here are just old and set in their ways...

Hey, I take offense to that.  One does not have to be old, sir, to be set in my ways  

I might buy one but, I doubt it.
and it's got nuttin to do with politics

Me.  

It's a logistics and and numbers game to me, nothing more.  If I thought, from an accounting standpoint, that the Net Present Value of an EV purchase would be less than an ICE or a hybrid, and that the infrastructure in place easily accommodated my needs, I'd likely do it.  

About two years ago, on this thread, I think, I went through a bunch of the math, estimating my driving habits, cost of gas wrt mpg and the cost of electricity.  It was rough estimates to be sure, but I concluded at the time that the EV I picked for my comparison probably didn't save me much money, and would be a hassle in too many situations.

Ergo, it just didn't make sense for me.

Politics didn't even enter into my mind.  Until now, when yet someone else made EVERYGODDAMNTHING about politics......sigh.   

Obviously I lean right, in some areas hard right.  

That's still a matter of correlation not equaling causation imo, because it's just a fact that conservative minded people on the whole tend more to be anal number crunchers and left-leaning people on the whole tend to value other components of the thought process.  It just is what it is, and that's all that's going on here.  The thought of letting a political affiliation or some politician/president who likely knows nothing about cars and even less about my financial situation influence my purchase decision is repugnant to me.  
  

you're older than you think

I am?  

I think I'm in my mid-40's.  If I'm wrong about that I'm in worse shape than I knew.  

Personally I'd gladly buy an EV if it fit my use case and the TCO were reasonable.

I think these look pretty cool, actually (weird grill/headlights notwithstanding)

It's a logistics and and numbers game to me, nothing more.  If I thought, from an accounting standpoint, that the Net Present Value of an EV purchase would be less than an ICE or a hybrid, and that the infrastructure in place easily accommodated my needs, I'd likely do it. 

To me there's more to it. I'm doing well enough in my life that it's not just about the lowest cost option. 

People worry about charging... But to me one of the key advantages is that it can be charged at home... Imagine going 5, 8, or even 12 months never actually needing to charge it outside your home. The idea that you literally *don't* typically have to worry about where you're going to charge your car seems to be freeing. 

The last time I'd have needed to charge an EV would be in March when my wife and I went to Napa. Before that, I can't even remember the prior time... Maybe last summer when we drove to Phoenix for a concert? And in a multi-vehicle household, we could have always taken a second car (ICEV) for those trips if I'd bought an EV for myself. 

Not having to worry about charging actually seems like a nice little lifestyle improvement.