Ep 46 - Buying a House with EV Savings - Used EVs & Social Equity with Ben Brown - Part 1

Ben Brown shares his EV story starting with a hybrid, a loaner EV, an EV purchase and resulting in Ben being able to afford a house from the EV savings.  We dive into fuel and maintenance savings, short-range EVs, our first EV experiences, Ben's Mitsubishi i-MiEV, and much more.

Ben is also interested in an Aptera, but we ran during this recording so long I decided to keep that for Part 2.  See Episode 47 for that discussion (scheduled for 1/31/24 release).

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Chapters

• 0:00 Intro
• 2:36 Ben’s EV Introduction
• 4:31 Electric Auto Association
• 5:15 Ben’s Honda Insight Hybrid
• 6:45 Shared Nissan LEAF
• 7:34 Karl’s First EV Experience
• 11:34 Ben’s Mitsubishi i-MiEV
• 15:56 Ben’s EV Savings Funds a House
• 17:44 Purchasing a Used EV
• 18:41 Use Case - Short Range EVs Plus Renting
• 21:17 $4000 Tax Credit for Used EVs
• 22:07 Multi-Car Household - 2nd Car as an EV
• 25:17 Charger at PFC Natural Grocery
• 26:54 Aptera Teaser - Part 2 - Outro