Love my EV. Most fun to drive car I've ever been in, bar none.

That's my favourite statistic of the year.

This must be why we only have $45,000+ (60k AUD) EVs available in the US. Especially since they the Republican morons canceled the tax rebates because they were too woke.

Edit: it may not have been clear that I’m stuck with shitty used ice options in a much dumber country than Australia.

Donald Trump has instigated the dumbest way to get the world to end its dependency on oil. I sleep well knowing, like the covid vaccine, he can't brag about it.

How does one avoid DRM and maintain repairability using common tools outside of the power storage and motors? As in, not requiring a $1,000,000 piece of software with a $6,000/mo subscription to the mothership just to authorize work on the brakes? Yes, Hyundai is already forcing this on customers.

How does one avoid subscriptions, to ensure everything that came with the vehicle works 100% without having to pay a single cent extra? Because if it came with the vehicle I had damn well have full and unrestricted access to use it.

And most importantly, how does one avoid being tracked and recorded, such that absolutely nothing about you, your driving habits, or what happens around your vehicle is uploaded to the manufacturer or even stored on the vehicle, to be recovered at a later date without your express consent, invariably to be used against you?

I’ll gladly buy the first post-1930s EV that has none of these issues.

I fully expect to die of old age before that happens.

More reason to do it. After all the second and third largest oil exporters have started wars, which then raise the oil price. That is a horrible incentive. However going to EVs weakens their global position.

you feel that painful buzz on your tongue with a 9V battery? you don't feel that drinking gasoline!

Drive responsibly and don't get fooled by marketing. Your EV is not more expensive on tires than a gas car or SUV.

EVs are slightly heavier than visually similarly sized ICE vehicles. They also tend to have significantly higher torque from a stopped position, so those who like to mash the throttle with a heavier foot might experience much faster wear than they're used to.

But drive it like normal and they should basically still last 90% as long as tires on a similarly specced ICE vehicle.

Tires, wipers, and wiper fluid. the only maintenance I have done in 70k miles on my volvo.

Tires last longer if you don't drive like a cunt.

It's all down to driving style. My first set of tires is on 105k km and still has over 5mm thread left.

Depends on the location. For example I, coming from Poland find PT in Dublin/Ireland pathetic but all US/Canada immigrants love it and say it extremely better than anything they had back in North America.