The Cons of Driving an Electric Vehicle (EV)

Piper Hendricks
5 min readJun 18, 2022

As I noted in an earlier post, I purchased Volkswagen’s electric SUV last fall. I specifically wanted an SUV so that my road bike could ride inside the car as I crisscrossed the country, and I didn’t want a Tesla. If Elon Musk spent his money like MacKensie Scott, perhaps I would feel differently, but he doesn’t, so I proudly drive a darling ID4. Over the course of my 7,000 miles, in addition to 8 positive elements of the EV life, I’ve experienced 3 disappointments:

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Piper Hendricks

Stubborn Optimist. Pondering Nomad. Not-yet-recovered Workaholic, but working hard on that. I write about advocacy, balance, words, being real, and being human.