EV Ownership - Would I do it Again?
I’ve had an electric car for about a year and a half, and here are some of the pluses and minuses: The short version is, I don't think I'd get an electric car again. The ownership experience has not been bad. Even the sales experience (I have a Kia) was leaning toward "pleasant." Still... Kia's EV6 had a makeover in 2025. The new front-end treatment and Tesla-like NACS charging are two obvious updates. -photo by Brian Moody First, if you don’t care about the experience of driving a car, the visceral feel and sound of piloting a mechanical thing, you will love an electric car. The controls offer almost no resistance, and everything is just easy. Some will read "easy" as an automotive heresy, and others will think "That sounds delightful." Most will think it's delightful. Of course, there are high-performance electric cars. They’re very quick. They’re very fast, and some are quite impressive. The Kia EV6 GT and Porsche Taycan Turbo are two ...