Drastically less pollution, but a car is still a car. The tires still shed microplastics (more, actually), the electricity used to charge the batteries come from somewhere, and there's a carbon footprint involved in building a new cars to replace ones that crash or age out.
Not an argument for keeping ICE vehicles, but holy hell do we need trains and buses.
The cheapest car to drive will almost always be the one you already have. When you need a new car, the used market is actually doing pretty decent. Used EVs can be about as cheap as a basic ICE vehicle now. 1 30-second google search and I found a used EV with 61k miles for $6k, and another for $4k.
Long-term, EVs can also be much cheaper to run, so it actually makes financial sense to make your next vehicle an EV.
Imagine having to drive to a station each time you need to fill up your tank instead of just plugging it at home and letting it charge while you sleep.
Yup, exactly this. When people ask, I tell them it takes me less than 5 seconds to charge my EV. I plug it in as I get out at night and I have a full “tank” each morning.
This isn’t even true. I’ve noticed gas stations seemingly slow their pumps down to show you more ads on those little screens. I used to be able to mute them but that seems rarer and rarer. It often takes me upwards of 10 minutes or more to fill my 20 gallon tank.
I would love to have an electric car I could charge to 80% in 10 min. Hell I’d love to have an electric car.
In Malaysia, we have cheaper gas than neighbouring Singapore. You should watch the Singaporeans cross the border and all the shenanigans they use to coax/ jimmy/ jank/ whatever their tank to take the last 0.5%. Takes much longer than 10 mins. There's probably videos on this also.