Motorists Share Disadvantages of Switching from EVs Back to ICE Vehicles

Electric vehicles (“EVs”) are no longer niche products meant for car enthusiasts with extra cash to burn; ordinary drivers are increasingly ditching their gas-powered cars for battery EVs for a variety of reasons. Not only do they produce zero emissions at the tailpipe, making them perfect for drivers who are conscious of their carbon footprints, but they are also cheaper to “fuel” and maintain.

On top of that, since EVs do not have an internal combustion engine (“ICE”), they present a completely different driving experience, including smooth, quiet rides and much faster acceleration compared to conventional ICE cars. As such, switching from an electric vehicle back to internal combustion engines can be quite jarring, as one driver recently found out.

Brooke Crothers, a consumer tech writer and reviewer at “Forbes” experienced this firsthand when he returned his 2018 Chevy Bolt to General Motors due to fire risk and began driving gas-powered cars again. He immediately noticed a couple of issues with the petrol and diesel cars he hired. The first was exhaust fumes. Electric vehicles do not have an internal combustion engine and relies on rechargeable batteries and electric motors, making them quite clean, both in the environmental and literal sense.

While Crothers was driving the Chevy Bolt, he could start the EV in his closed garage without any worries. Now that he’s back to an ICE vehicle, he cannot do that because of the exhaust fumes. Furthermore, even if you do open your garage door before starting your ICE car, exhaust fumes can stay trapped in the garage if you close the door too quickly and seep into other parts of the house if the garage is attached.

The second issue Crothers noticed was the noise. Just like your mobile phone and laptop work quietly despite carrying out extremely complex processes, EVs present a noiseless, vibrationless driving experience because they do not have a noisy combustion engine. Even the sound of a brand-new 2021 BMW Mini Cooper was jarring to Crothers after he spent months behind the wheel of an EV. Once you have driven an electric vehicle, going back to a loud, vibrating ICE car can be quite a challenge.

Crothers also had to readjust to slower acceleration speeds. This is because while EVs generate more torque and direct the energy straight to the wheels for instant acceleration, gas-powered cars direct this energy through the transmission, which takes time and wastes energy.

His fourth issue was fueling costs. When he was driving the Chevy Bolt, Crothers was spending between $50 and $75 to charge his EV, and now he spends more than $150 on gas. While electricity costs will vary based on where you live, recharging an EV costs much less compared to fueling an ICE car. Specifically, charging an EV in the United States will cost you $460 per annum while fueling an ICE car will cost approximately $840.

The reports of motorists loathing having to drive ICE vehicles after getting a taste of EVs is an indicator that the future of electric vehicle makers such as Lordstown Motors Corp. (NASDAQ: RIDE) is bright because there is a hungry market waiting to be served.

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