Is An All Electric Vehicle In My Future

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Is An All Electric Vehicle In My Future
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In 2003 I was driving a sports car.
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It was fun and it was flashy.
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Then my conscious got to me and I mean in a good
way.
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I knew that every mile that I was driving I was
leaving a carbon footprint and the carbon
footprint that I was leaving by driving the high
performance sports car was larger than I felt
comfortable with.
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So in 2004 I sold the sports car and bought a
Honda Insight.
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The Honda Insight is a hybrid and to this day,
eleven years later, it still gets over 50 miles
to the gallon.
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It makes me happy that I bought it every time I
fill up at the gas station, which is not all that
often.
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EV - Electric Vehicle
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Now I have turned my sights on the idea of buying
an EV.
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An EV is an automobile that is powered
completely by electricity.
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Driving a vehicle that is all electric will help
me to reduce the size of my carbon footprint even
more.
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So how popular are all electric vehicles you may
ask.
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Well, in Japan there are now more electric
vehicle charging stations than gas stations.
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It was recently reported that in Japan there are
now some 40,000 electric vehicle charging
stations, compared to some 34,000 gas stations.
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Some of these charging stations are free to use
and some require users to pay a fee.
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The fee structure for the stations that require
a fee vary from a monthly subscription that
allows you to use it as much as you need, to a
pay each time you use it option.
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It seems to me that the monthly subscription
option would work best for drivers who have the
same commute several times a week.
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By paying a monthly subscription they could stop
at the same station whenever the need arose.
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Where To Find An Electric Vehicle Charging Station
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For those who may be driving in unfamiliar areas,
there are now apps that can be used to locate
charging stations in your current locale.
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In addition, some EV's have as part of their
built in navigation systems, mapped data that
allows drivers to identify charging stations that
are close by.
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Of course a very common charging station is at
ones home.
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All you do is plug in your vehicle at night and
it is ready to go the next morning.
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My Honda Insight now has 140,000 miles on it and
it is running great.
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Naturally, I have not had a car payment in many
years.
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But I must admit that the idea of owning an all
electric vehicle appeals to me.
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As a result, I may be visiting an electric
charging station to charge up my electric vehicle
on a regular basis in the near future.