EV1
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In 2018, my wife and I bought our first two electric cars, and we have been hooked ever since. We had to do homework to convince ourselves that EVs are worth the investment, and fitting our unique needs was a time-consuming, difficult task. After a couple of friends who ended up buying electric vehicles had similar challenges and could not find simple resources online, I decided to build one. For the past two years, I have been working on putting together some tools we call Electric Driver, and I need the communities to help. There are a few things our tool is trying to go for
- Match you with the EVs that closely meet your needs – When my wife wanted to buy an electric vehicle, she had a list of wants. She wanted a reliable, safe, seven-seater that would cut down her $400 per month fuel bill, and she wanted to be able to drive at least 200 miles on a charge. Initially, she wanted to spend around $55K (this eventually changed). When trying out the big car research sites, I found out I had to look at each vehicle model and figure out which vehicle models met my wife’s needs.
- The next issue I ran into is that we found two options back then that met our needs (a Tesla Model S with the booster seat option and the Model X with the seven-seat add-on). Each of these two vehicles had its pros and cons, and we had to evaluate which of the two was the better fit based on our needs. Fast forward to the present (and even more so over the next few years as more EV models hit the market), evaluating will become more time-consuming as new options hit the marketplace. Again There was no resource to help show what EVs best meted our needs and help us assess them. Eventually, I built a tool for that into the Electric Driver.
- The last issue was education-based. Specifically, once we found the electric vehicle we thought was a contender, we needed to understand how the electric car could save us time, money, and the environment. We did not know how much money we could save by switching from gas to electric, are electric vehicles less costly to maintain, and how reliable they were. Also, we had no clue about where we could charge and could we travel to all the locations we wanted to. Again this information was disparate took time to complete. Again we built information to give anyone interested in an electric vehicle to understanding of what they are getting into.
Where we need the community’s help is for anyone curious or would consider buying an electric vehicle to visit https://electricdriver.co and tell us if the site all the questions you would have to consider selecting a specific electric vehicle model. If not, what would you want to see? Also, any other feedback Is greatly appreciated.
- Match you with the EVs that closely meet your needs – When my wife wanted to buy an electric vehicle, she had a list of wants. She wanted a reliable, safe, seven-seater that would cut down her $400 per month fuel bill, and she wanted to be able to drive at least 200 miles on a charge. Initially, she wanted to spend around $55K (this eventually changed). When trying out the big car research sites, I found out I had to look at each vehicle model and figure out which vehicle models met my wife’s needs.
- The next issue I ran into is that we found two options back then that met our needs (a Tesla Model S with the booster seat option and the Model X with the seven-seat add-on). Each of these two vehicles had its pros and cons, and we had to evaluate which of the two was the better fit based on our needs. Fast forward to the present (and even more so over the next few years as more EV models hit the market), evaluating will become more time-consuming as new options hit the marketplace. Again There was no resource to help show what EVs best meted our needs and help us assess them. Eventually, I built a tool for that into the Electric Driver.
- The last issue was education-based. Specifically, once we found the electric vehicle we thought was a contender, we needed to understand how the electric car could save us time, money, and the environment. We did not know how much money we could save by switching from gas to electric, are electric vehicles less costly to maintain, and how reliable they were. Also, we had no clue about where we could charge and could we travel to all the locations we wanted to. Again this information was disparate took time to complete. Again we built information to give anyone interested in an electric vehicle to understanding of what they are getting into.
Where we need the community’s help is for anyone curious or would consider buying an electric vehicle to visit https://electricdriver.co and tell us if the site all the questions you would have to consider selecting a specific electric vehicle model. If not, what would you want to see? Also, any other feedback Is greatly appreciated.
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