Our car has a relatively low annual mileage. Since we are buying an electric car, I decided to do a little calculation. At 10k km a year, we'll save about €1k on fuel. We plan to keep the car for 10 years like the previous one. That's a total savings of €10k. I will save another €4k minimum on maintenance and repairs. That makes a total difference of €14 on a €24k car, and there is no way we would have gotten a comparable car with an internal combustion engine for €10k.
EVs can be economical even with low mileage. It's just about upfront capital.
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Tonight's thought: The Magne Charge inductive EV charging system (J1773) makes a lot of sense in wet/dirty environments where a normal plug would be dangerous or just damage-prone. Farm equipment, boats, systems that need to autonomously plug and unplug are all good candidates.
Just because it didn't catch on with automotive uses doesn't mean it's worth dustbinning.
Wiki link: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magne_…
