# Do you want an electric vehicle?

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**Created:** [June 5, 2009, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-an-electric-vehicle/498780 "2009-06-05T04:02:20Z")\
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> [@Khadaji](#):
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> Most of my current driving would suit an EV. But I still have several long trips a year that I make that would require a real car.
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> I’m not sure I want to be a two-vehicle person.

BINGO!

My daily driving would make me an ideal candidate for a plug in EV.  
But serveral times a year I drive a pretty fiar distance to visit relatives and without some kind of method to QUICKLY recharge (about the same time as filling up) I’m gonna need a ICE.

I MIGHT consider 2 cars, if I had a garage and could get the EV pretty cheap. The problem is that if I have to maintain 2 cars 25K isn’t cheap enough.

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