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Electric Cars For Dummies
Drive into the 21st century in an electric car
With falling cost of ownership, expanded incentives for purchasing, and more model and body type options than ever, it may finally be time to retire the old gas-guzzler and dive into the world of electric car ownership. Electric Cars For Dummies is your guide to becoming lightning powered, reducing your carbon footprint, and saving money on gas while you do it. This book teaches you how to select the battery-charged vehicle that fits your need and budget. It also offers insight into how to maintain your electric car, including answering all your questions about charging your vehicle. Calculate the total cost of ownership, prep your home to become one huge charger, and demystify the battery, the tune-ups and more.
Learn the difference in cost of ownership and emissions between electric and gas-powered vehicles Explore your options and find an electric car that fits in your budget Know when and how to charge your vehicle, and what kind of maintenance it needs Figure out how to charge your car on the goThis is the perfect book for new and would-be electric car owners looking for guidance on buying and maintaining one of these super sleek machines.
With falling cost of ownership, expanded incentives for purchasing, and more model and body type options than ever, it may finally be time to retire the old gas-guzzler and dive into the world of electric car ownership. Electric Cars For Dummies is your guide to becoming lightning powered, reducing your carbon footprint, and saving money on gas while you do it. This book teaches you how to select the battery-charged vehicle that fits your need and budget. It also offers insight into how to maintain your electric car, including answering all your questions about charging your vehicle. Calculate the total cost of ownership, prep your home to become one huge charger, and demystify the battery, the tune-ups and more.
Learn the difference in cost of ownership and emissions between electric and gas-powered vehicles Explore your options and find an electric car that fits in your budget Know when and how to charge your vehicle, and what kind of maintenance it needs Figure out how to charge your car on the goThis is the perfect book for new and would-be electric car owners looking for guidance on buying and maintaining one of these super sleek machines.
396 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 4, 2022
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April 26, 2024
Full disclosure : I am neither pro E.V., nor am I anti-E.V.
I saw this book on a stand at the library while picking up some other books. Everybody is talking about E.V.'s and as someone who didn't know much about them, and having found The Dummies series informative in the past, I decided to borrow the book. I had hoped that it would give me details on the technical side of E.V.'s and the pros/cons of owning said vehicle.
I was disappointed.
Through out the book, the reader is treated (in a smug and condescending manner) to a barrage of things the author likes and doesn't like. (To the author : We get it. You're a Democrat.)
Things he likes :
Electric Vehicles
Biking to work (on his electric bike)
His sneaker collection
Obscure movie references
California
Things he doesn't like :
Golf Courses (think of how much affordable housing we could have!)
Florida and Texas
Highways (this is an actual quote from the book "and all of this is before we acknowledge the racism that's deeply embedded in every highway cutting through a city, and in every suburban cul-de-sac")
Toyota (tHeY aREn't aLL iN oN E.V's!! I pReDiCT tHEy WiLL bE bAnkRupT iN 5 yEaRs!!)
Each chapter is exhausting and feels like an afternoon with your preachy, know it all nephew. Written only a few years ago (2022), the book is already not aging well. Predicting high demand and high prices for E.V.'s into the future, most auto manufactures have drastically cut production (due to lack of demand) and Tesla has slashed prices, causing the resale market (one of the HUGE benefits cited of owning an E.V.) to collapse.
Over all I came away from the book knowing a little bit more about electric vehicles (hence the two star rating, not a one star) but not nearly as much as I would have hoped in almost 400 pages.
I saw this book on a stand at the library while picking up some other books. Everybody is talking about E.V.'s and as someone who didn't know much about them, and having found The Dummies series informative in the past, I decided to borrow the book. I had hoped that it would give me details on the technical side of E.V.'s and the pros/cons of owning said vehicle.
I was disappointed.
Through out the book, the reader is treated (in a smug and condescending manner) to a barrage of things the author likes and doesn't like. (To the author : We get it. You're a Democrat.)
Things he likes :
Electric Vehicles
Biking to work (on his electric bike)
His sneaker collection
Obscure movie references
California
Things he doesn't like :
Golf Courses (think of how much affordable housing we could have!)
Florida and Texas
Highways (this is an actual quote from the book "and all of this is before we acknowledge the racism that's deeply embedded in every highway cutting through a city, and in every suburban cul-de-sac")
Toyota (tHeY aREn't aLL iN oN E.V's!! I pReDiCT tHEy WiLL bE bAnkRupT iN 5 yEaRs!!)
Each chapter is exhausting and feels like an afternoon with your preachy, know it all nephew. Written only a few years ago (2022), the book is already not aging well. Predicting high demand and high prices for E.V.'s into the future, most auto manufactures have drastically cut production (due to lack of demand) and Tesla has slashed prices, causing the resale market (one of the HUGE benefits cited of owning an E.V.) to collapse.
Over all I came away from the book knowing a little bit more about electric vehicles (hence the two star rating, not a one star) but not nearly as much as I would have hoped in almost 400 pages.
March 13, 2023
I'm not in the market for an electric car, I'm just curious about them, so I might be more skeptical than most who read this book.
That said.... This is definitely *not* objective information. One example, in listing arguments people might make against buying an electric vehicle, the author sets up a clumsy straw man about concerns over range (page 34). Hardly unheard of in the For Dummies series, but this dude proceeds to criticize the grammar in the imaginary question *he wrote himself,* then goes on about how stupid that worry is. The whole tone is like this, the embodiment of every smug insufferable hipster stereotype of EV owners.
This book is written to reinforce the conclusions of people who have already decided they want an EV. If you don't live on a coast and aren't rich, this book really wasn't written for you.
That said.... This is definitely *not* objective information. One example, in listing arguments people might make against buying an electric vehicle, the author sets up a clumsy straw man about concerns over range (page 34). Hardly unheard of in the For Dummies series, but this dude proceeds to criticize the grammar in the imaginary question *he wrote himself,* then goes on about how stupid that worry is. The whole tone is like this, the embodiment of every smug insufferable hipster stereotype of EV owners.
This book is written to reinforce the conclusions of people who have already decided they want an EV. If you don't live on a coast and aren't rich, this book really wasn't written for you.
November 13, 2023
Great first read
I knew very little before this book. It got me to a level, so I could make a good decision on which to purchase.
I knew very little before this book. It got me to a level, so I could make a good decision on which to purchase.
December 26, 2023
More like a 4.5. Very informative, very detailed, written with a sense of humor of the author.
I still need help understanding some of the charging info.
I still need help understanding some of the charging info.
July 13, 2024
Read this to get a picture of how this tech works. Probably essential reading for everyone
April 4, 2025
Accessible intro with a dose of humor. A speedy compact handy guide to EVs.
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