Electric Vehicles?

[j_garcia]

My sister told me that high humidity is bad on EVs. I wonder if there is any truth in that as I live near the Florida east coast and that would figure hugely in my decision to purchase one.

I think it is either extremes of heat or cold, not so much humidity. The batteries are effectively sealed as far as I know, so I am not sure humidity would be a factor.

 

[haraldo]

My sister told me that high humidity is bad on EVs. I wonder if there is any truth in that as I live near the Florida east coast and that would figure hugely in my decision to purchase one.

I live in Bergen in Norway ..... about 95% of all new cars are EVs
It is not very often here that it doesn´t rain ... I never heard of any issues with EVs and humidity here, .... but it is very different from Florida..... Here it is cold with high humidity, I reckon FL with warm and high humidity is a completely different animal.

 

[haraldo]

Unless it is leased, I don't necessarily see that happen often. People that change frequently is likely the same with ICE cars, they just want the latest thing and their deal/warranty is up. With EVs, the technologies are still changing fast, which is why I leased this first one. I wanted to see how it worked for me real-world and I for sure knew the tech was going to change with the switch to NACS from CCS with Hyundai.

Over the weekend, I dropped by the dealer because it wouldn't let me add my car to the app. They fixed it in a few min, but they had the car I wanted The N.

Nice car

My next car is definitely leased .... I don´t wanna "bind up" lots of capital with a very high interest rate
I can lease with 3 years, 4 years, 5 years .... Quite a few cars now have 5 year warranty, I reckon it can be attractive then to go for a 5 year lease period

 

[cpp]

5 year lease period

I must be out of touch with leasing, I didn't know you could lease that long.

 

[haraldo]

I must be out of touch with leasing, I didn't know you could lease that long.

That´s in Norway mate
Financially it seems to make sense!

 

[davidscott]

Thanks for the update.

 

[isolar8001]

Trumpy has put a freeze on using already allotted funds to build any more charging stations.

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/trump-revokes-biden-order-that-set-50-ev-target-2030-2025-01-21/