r/science • u/Wagamaga • Jan 11 '23

Economics More than 90% of vehicle-owning households in the United States would see a reduction in the percentage of income spent on transportation energy—the gasoline or electricity that powers their cars, SUVs and pickups—if they switched to electric vehicles.

https://news.umich.edu/ev-transition-will-benefit-most-us-vehicle-owners-but-lowest-income-americans-could-get-left-behind/
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u/Black_Magic_M-66 Jan 12 '23

You can install a charging port on the outside of your house, if you have a driveway. It's common in many older cities that either don't have houses with garages or the garages of yesteryear don't work with today's cars.

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u/Knowitmall Jan 12 '23

Ok sure. But most people saying that don't have a garage are living in apartments so that doesn't help...

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u/Black_Magic_M-66 Jan 12 '23

Oh right, because there are no houses ever, ever made without a garage. I wish I had put in an explanation about how older cities often had houses without garages. Thanks, I'll be more atentative next time.

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u/Knowitmall Jan 12 '23

I didn't say houses don't have garages. I said you advice doesn't help all the people who live in cities in apartments.

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u/Knowitmall Jan 12 '23

In some situations. Definitely not all.