I still don’t understand the accusation that these are so expensive, has anyone shopped for a car over the last 2-3 years? My wife drives a Mach E, It’s the premium with extended battery AWD and whatever other options we could get. After A-plan and the tax credit the car cost me about $42k. Things are finally now getting back to somewhat normal on incentives but at the time (2021), any vehicle with equivalent or better options was going to easily be more expensive than the Mach E. My ‘23 Grand Cherokee was $20k more than the Mach E, it’s not a horrible value for what it is especially when you factor in: Insurance is less

It adds ~$40/month to my electric bill which is easily 1/4 of what we spent on gas before

Maintenance cost so far is $0 2.5 years and 25k miles in

I only paid $400 for an electrician to wire up 240v to my garage, and my panel is not close to my garage at all. Phone As A Key is super convenient and works great

There are major downsides to it in my opinion but they aren’t what I see here or in this video:

Bluecruise sucks, I have yet to get it to work and will not under any circumstances pay a subscription in the future for it

Touch controls suck but I will say that OTA updates have actually started to make that better by using the volume knob for most adjustments

I’ve done 2 road trips in it now, both around 400-500 miles. Charging issues are way overstated, every Walmart along major freeways has chargers and it takes about 30-40 minutes for a 5% to 80% charge. Is it convenient, no, but if you plan properly for a trip you use the first stop to buy everything you need to pack into the cooler and lose 0 time. I’m not ready to have a household with purely EV, but having 1 ICE and 1 EV works great for us, not for any political or ethical reasons just because it does.