Is this the year your family gets an electric vehicle"
When I went electric car shopping four years ago, I couldn?t find anything that matched the convenience, price and size of my Honda SUV. I guiltily ended up with a lease on another CR-V, betting that the technology would catch up to the needs of my family (wife, two boys, best friends, goalie equipment, Costco hauls and, now, a dog). Spoiler alert: It has. The new 2022 and 2023 electric SUVs hitting the market have erased most of the fears about going electric and, as they say in car speak, come loaded with some surprising extra features, too.
No more arguments about who forgot to gas up
?If I?m riding in somebody else?s vehicle, I?m like, ?We have to go to the gas station"? How annoying is that"? says Lisa Deacon, who has a six-year-old and a toddler and has been driving a zero-emissions car since 2019. For electric vehicle (EV) owners, ?filling up? is just like charging a phone: You simply plug in your car overnight when electricity is cheap and you?re fully charged and ready for daycare drop-off in the morning. The stress of gas price hikes" Gone. ?The cost of refuelling my car is $8 for 350 km of range,? says Nino Di Cara, a Toronto dad and founder of Electric Autonomy, a news outlet that reports on the low-carbon vehicle transition. Since about 80 percent of EV charging happens at home, you?ll benefit most from the convenience if you can power up at your house. ?And you don?t freeze your butt off in the middle of January at a gas pump,? adds Deacon, who ...
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