# What are your electric vehicle plans?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-electric-vehicle-plans/923614>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 22, 2020, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-electric-vehicle-plans/923614 "2020-10-22T18:45:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-electric-vehicle-plans/923614/291 "2021-03-24T20:30:02Z")

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**Modnote** : Last note, after this I have to give out warnings. I really don’t want to, so please stop.

If it isn’t about your plans to purchase, don’t post it. This hijack started too far back to spin off but it needs to end. Sam, you seem to be the main person keep the side conversation going. So I am singling you out this time. Start a new thread if you want. Probably a good idea. Everyone else, no more.

> [@What are your electric vehicle plans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-electric-vehicle-plans/923614/275):
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> Modnote: This thread should stick to posters’ plans for plug-in vehicle (PEV) or plug-in hybrid (PHEV). No more debate about the the grid, the practicality and whatever else is off sure. The Op requested this and he is correct. The off-topic belongs elsewhere. Start a thread if you like, but no more here. I might spin this hijack off to its own thread. I’m going to check with the other mods first.

**Modnote** : 27 posts moved to

> [@Thread on viability of Electric Cars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-on-viability-of-electric-cars/938612):
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> There is no doubt in my mind that, aside from range everything else about an electric car is a better engineering solution than gas. Just the fact that a gas engine needs to be oversized and hooked to a complex transmission just to overcome its limitations at slow speed makes electric motors a better choice. Being able to locate motors and batteries low in the chassis makes for potentially better handling vehicles. Replacing moving parts with electronics is a great idea. Eliminating the oi…

I probably missed some and I might have scooped up a post that should have stayed. Let me know, I can still move posts back and forth as needed.

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