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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.