Camry will live until it dies --- at that age, when cars go wrong, it's often not worth it to fix. But depends on mileage, and also, probably, how much winter driving (in Midwest-Northeastern climate)?You're welcome. I wouldn't hold my breath hoping that your 18 year old Camry will tide you over until that self-driving car arrives, though...and when it does arrive, from your comments above, I suspect the brand and features may disappoint you.It is indeed reasonable to add to the price of an EV if without the EV you wouldn't have even considered doing that and--miracle of miracles--the lights and computers and dishwasher continued to work just as they did before.I presumed they must have been getting quotes to upgrade the whole home service from 100A to 200A, which while perhaps required for some to have enough capacity to install a level 2 EVSE, certainly isn't something that I would consider reasonable to mentally add to the price of an EV.That home must have been uniquely not ready to enter the electric era. I have installed L2 chargers at 2 separate homes; I don’t recall the exact prices but they were around $1000 each.Partner got quotes ranging from $4500 to $12000 to upgrade the home for home charging. That's a cost that wouldn't exist without the Tesla purchase, so add that to the cost of your car, potentially.
In any case, the OP should find out. In my experience, the Tesla costs you in all kind of ways that go beyond the sticker price, from big stuff like chargers to small stuff like extra key cards or even apps on your phone or watch that unlock the vehicle. The latest add-on (among many) in discussion over here is a roof shade because the cabin gets too hot in the summer. And did anyone mention insurance cost?
The more I'm a party to that Tesla, the more I love my 18 year old Camry. It just works: no muss, no fuss, no expense. Old school and loving it.
That said, I love you EV adopters. You're helping to make the air cleaner and driving quieter cars that don't stink up the place. I'm hoping my next car will be self driving because I hate cars, period.
Self-driving. I have a sense (uninformed) that this problem is so hard, that it won't be solved in a way which can satisfy the regulators and the public that it is safe. It will be confined to limited geographic areas & uses.
Teslas seem to be problematic on cost of repairs, availability of parts and service network. Being a new rollout technology, all EVs seem to have that problem to some extent? In addition, there's the availability of working chargers - Tesla cracked that, but other vehicle manufacturers did not.
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