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Email Tease: Don't Buy An Electric Car

Email Tease: Don't Buy An Electric Car

In Issue Sixteen of the Gear Patrol Magazine, we lay out the reasons why you'll want to hold back. At least for now.

May 5, 2021

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Don’t Buy an Electric Car. At least, not yet. Here’s why. If you’re anywhere along the car-buying spectrum right now you’ve probably asked yourself a question your forbears never had to contend with: Should I get an electric car? After all, saying goodbye to gas is more in vogue than ever. Elon Musk has become one of the world’s richest people based on market expectations that Tesla represents the future of transportation. And governments around the globe have announced plans to ban the sale of fossil fuel cars before today’s infants start driver’s ed, with good reason. EVs have many advantages of internal-combustion-engined vehicles: you can refuel them at home; they require less maintenance; their torque-laden motors make them feel zippier; and, of course, they don’t produce harmful emissions. Here’s the thing, though. You shouldn’t buy an electric car. Not yet. Subscribe to the Gear Patrol Magazine to read more.

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