Why now’s the time to get an EV

Thanks to an EV’s motor and instant torque, unlike a typical gas-fueled ICE, acceleration is much smoother, steadier, and feels instantaneous. For example, a 2019 Tesla Model S can reach 0-60 mph in a hair over 2 seconds ⁽⁶⁾ — not that anyone ever needs that kind of speed on public roads, it does make driving them a lot of fun. 

Thanks to regenerative braking you won’t have to use the brake pedal much. When you take your foot off the accelerator, the car will start slowing down. Picture this, you’re crawling along in dense traffic, or in stop start traffic in a city, you won’t need to move your foot from the accelerator pedal! All your speed can be controlled with one foot. In the EV world, we call this one-pedal driving. How relaxing! But more on this later. 

Costing you less for every mile

The cost per mile of running an EV is lower than a gas-fueled car. EV drivers can save 56% on fuel compared to diesel or petrol per mile when charging at home ⁽⁷⁾. Even though the cost of electricity can vary monthly, generally this power source costs much less than gas. Over the past year, in which we have seen global disruption and an energy crisis, the cost of recharging still trumped gas ⁽⁸⁾.  

Fewer maintenance costs

Underneath the impressive design and hypermodern tech, an EV drivetrain is mechanically quite simplistic in nature compared to its ICE counterpart. As such, they require much less maintenance, and there’s fewer components to go wrong or malfunction.  
 
Unlike an ICE, an EV won’t ever need an oil change, oil filters, water pump change, timing belt change, or gearbox and transmission repairs, because these features simply don’t exist in an EV.