To think people who drive electric cars give off a bit of a smug glow?

I also find it calming to drive. We went from a really old diesel to a 2021 EV - god I love it. I even enjoy errands now.

Edit, it lost the quote but this was in reply to @KaleQueen

I completely get this!
I've always had manual ICE cars and never really gone far. I now have a small EV and go everywhere. I don't sit and religiously check routes anymore, I'm a much more confident, relaxed driver in it.
The ability to hit the pedal and scoot out of the way at warp speed also saved me a few months back when a lorry in the outside lane didn't look and began to pull in on me. If i'd been in a petrol car I'm fairly sure I couldn't have avoided a collision, but being in the EV I was able to move quickly and it just missed me.

I'm not smug, environmental reasons didn't even factor with me. It was a cheap lease at the time and worked for what I needed. I would love to buy it at the end of the lease tbh.

100% this - it’s so calming to drive. I think because it’s quiet but I also know if I needed to it’d outpace pretty much most stuff in the road unless you’re in a Lamborghini. For my fragile ego that’s quite nice :-)

I love mine. I don’t think I’m smug about it other than the fact that currently it costs almost nothing to run (being powered by the solar on my roof).

I am smug about how much quicker I can get around town on my bike though and that most definitely gets environmental credentials while the EV is good in terms of (less) local pollution, I’m not sure it’s that great environmentally overall

Every word of this.

OP reads a a guilty conscience. That's on them for their choices. I am happy with ours.

The people I know who talk about them are just excited and learning about them the way you would be when you change cars, could that be it? Yes they talk about how they save money etc but it’s more of a can’t believe what we’re saving!

There’s a real air pollution issue in our small city and I drive around town a lot seeing clients. I felt pretty guilty doing that in my diesel car. I love that I now have an electric. I would cycle but it’s really hilly where I live hence the air pollution problem as the city’s in a dip.

I feel smug when I ride my bicycle into work and everyone is moaning about congestion, speed limits or fuel prices.

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I love my electric car. For a million reasons, none of which are related to environmental factors. If I give off a smug glow, then that's just a bonus.

I don't know, but that ding ding reversing sound is so irritating.

Mine too. I coveted it for ages. Had to wait 9 months for it. It also has a sport mode that literally throws you back in your seat. It’s amazing!
Another strange thing I’ve found since having the EV is that I feel much calmer driving it, I don’t get any sort of road angst. It weirdly chills me sitting in it. Maybe because it’s so quiet.
it also plays a little tune when I get out and says ‘goodbye’ on the dash.
i mean. What’s not to love?! ❤️
edits to add quoted wrong post sorry!

I’m sure they go through tyres a bit quicker than equivalent ICE vehicles. However, brake pads last longer, they don’t need oil changes, there’s no clutch to wear out, they don’t need consumables such as air filters, oil filters, fan belts, spark plugs etc.

I love my EV and I'm smug about the money it saves me on a weekly basis.
I like the tech stuff and the fact that it updates itself- just like your phone or work computer.

I'd say EV's are fantastic for basic everyday driving.

However, I keep my old air polluting diesel car for any journey over 250miles.

From an environmental point of view it's just as bad, but in a different way!
We really need to consume less.

I love ours but I don’t really talk about it unless someone is specifically asking. It has saved us so much money though, plus my husband gets paid standard business mileage for using it even though we pay a fraction of that for home charging. One day of site visits pays for all our leisure usage for like two months. It’s so lovely to drive too.

We also have a much larger petrol car which we use for different things (currently on a European driving holiday with it) so not an EV purist by any means!

Does it get negated if you’re not a very heavy driver?

Never heard this issue and we've had ours almost 4 years now🤷‍♂️

I’ve had an ev for about a year now…can’t say I feel in any way smug about it.
I bloody love it, but that’s because it’s been my dream car for a couple of years, and it’s so easy to drive because it’s automatic.
I’m really happy with it, but that’s as far as my thoughts and feelings go.

Mine costs me £5.39 for 300 miles of driving, is packed with tech, does 0-60 in 6.5 seconds. Yeah I’m smug :-) ! Love it!

I don’t think I ever mention it unless someone asks about how it is - and my answer is cheap to run!

I have a hybrid. When you drive it on electric its pretty good and obviously saves quite a bit of cash.

Electrics are just nice cars to drive and cheap to run (but expensive to buy).

There's more to them than just greenery.

The shameful secret of enjoying your EV! 😂

I do love my electric car but unless asked I only talk about how much I love it with other electric car drivers!

Aren't a lot of people quite happy / smug about their choice of car? Otherwise why would car brands bother to position themselves as different from the others?

Look at most folks with a new Audi / Range Rover etc etc

Same here. The only thing I ever say about my electric car is how much easier it’s made my life, and I only do that if someone asks me about it. Some people seem to view anyone doing something differently to them as some kind of attack on their choices. I don’t see myself as superior for choosing anything that’s more convenient for me, pure projection.