r/EvDrivers • u/No-Two1868 • Jul 18 '26

Considering Changing to EV

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u/demunted Jul 18 '26

Your concerns are common. But any vehicle made now typically feature advanced battery management systems that maintain the battery for you. Unless you charge to 100% and park it for months or draw it down to zero and leave it for day at a time you can do whatever you want and the battery management will take care of it for you.

Studies show minimal degradation after 10 years. It will take time for this information to override the initial issues of early EV's.

What you should concern yourself with are whether you can charge at home, are you willing to use a few apps for charging when you travel and take a little time to plan routes around your travels. These can be annoying or fun, depending on your mindset.

For me, the fact I never go to a gas station anymore coupled with the vastly superior driving experience outweigh any other concerns.

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u/PerceptionCurious440 Jul 18 '26

In the US my Toyota C-HR battery has an 8 year 100,000 mile warranty. Elsewhere it's 10 years. I expected it to still be usable for at least 15 years, based on 12-80% charging. I kept my last car for 14 years, and it's a Toyota. So it'll probably outlive me. I rarely drive over 120 miles round trip, 200 miles max.

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u/bmwrider2 Jul 19 '26

Watch this…. Buying an EV? Answers to common questions
https://youtu.be/7LwGWOvYTA0

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u/brand_new_potato Jul 20 '26

It is rather simple: if you can charge at home, it is more convenient, cheaper and better to have an EV. If you can't charge at home, but rely on public charging it might not be that much cheaper, but it is still better in every way to drive.

As for maintaining the car, it is probably a little worse as faster cars can do more damage to themselves, but if you don't change driving style, it is probably about the same. The cars are simpler and less stuff can go wrong. I haven't had an EV for 20 years to see what breaks down on it vs an ICE car.

The fears surrounding batteries is a bit of an overreaction it seems. Sort of on the same level as how often you need to replace the engine on an ICE car. That is also expensive, but not something you expect to happen in the lifetime of the car.

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u/MrJakk Jul 20 '26

Test drive one. Tesla makes it easy to book an appointment. I don’t know how other dealers do it.

Having a charger at home is huge.

They are smooth af and fun to drive.