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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (13 children)

Let’s take a good solution now

So, you got yourself a bicycle (e- or otherwise) yet?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Yeah? I even go grocery shopping with mine.

I’m yet to own my first car, but I certainly appreciate when people getting one go for EV over ICE.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I'm currently learning to drive but I think, unfortunately, my first car will be ICE.

  1. I live in a rented flat, so no way I can install a charging point.
  2. The prices of the paid charging points near me mean that it's close to parity with petrol here (UK).
  3. The insurance on EVs is much higher than ICE at the moment, this is doubly important because as a new driver I'll be paying a lot for the next 2 to 3 years.

I'll be looking into various different vehicles when I've passed my practical test so I'm not ruling EVs or PHEVs yet, but it's looking unlikely.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I can totally understand that, I think its not a wise option to buy a new ICE car, but a cheap used older car can be a good option until you are able to buy an EV.

I have an ICE car as well, because it just didnt make sense for me to buy an EV a few years ago, I couldnt afford it and there wasnt a suitable one available in Germany.

I do use my bike quite a lot, so I dont think its too bad.

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