Forget range anxiety, i didn't buy an EV because of tech and standardization anxiety. When i don't have to learn myself up on fast-charging voltage, plug shapes, and which EVs can backup-power my house, I'm there.
@bikepedantic Nope. I miss my wagons, but my next ride will be a crossover. Not willing to lay out the $$$ for a BMW or Audi, and Volvo has stopped importing them.
@bikepedantic Part of the problem in the US is that the only people who buy wagons are practical, and practical people typically don't buy new cars. Volvo does sell a plug-in hybrid V60 wagon, but it's expensive.
@bikepedantic I would LOVE to drive a Volvo wagon EV conversion!
Garage dreams…
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The real stationwaggon.
@bikepedantic the ioniq 5 is the closest thing we have IMHO and I love mine, lower to the ground and more car like than other hatchback EVs. If the trunk was a tad longer it would be there. The Volvo one someone else mentioned. Gives me 80s ford Taurus station wagon vibes but like 100x what my mom paid for hers
@femmeUTCD I had no idea you had an Ioniq 5, and yes, it is absolutely the closest and would be the EV I’d buy rn if I had to, not even close
@bikepedantic yeah I had to say goodbye to my beloved 13 year old Volvo s40 last summer. It was leaking water somewhere and causing mold and thus making me sick
@bikepedantic I'm finding myself dragged into this even though I have no interest in an EV, as I'm on my association board's garage committee and we have an amazingly ridiculous offer to wire up garages with NYS covering almost everything.
Although my windows are next to the driveway, and it'd be cool to not have exhaust from residents' cars coming into the window when we leave them open..
@bikepedantic we’re getting there!
In 5 years or so, in North America, nearly all cars and nearly all chargers (all speeds, levels, etc) will use the same plug. That’ll help!
But what I’m really looking forward to is the Aptera, the upcoming solar car.
Charging instructions: park outside.
Now that’s an inflection point!
[and of course, will the USA ever get a real EV station wagon?]