Sales of new electric vehicles cooled in the U.S. after the president and Republican-led Congress last year squashed tax credits that reduced their cost. But with gasoline prices soaring since the war against Iran began, more drivers are eyeing electric vehicles again – if only wistfully. Buying a new car is a big expense.
Enter California’s Míocar ride-share program.
“With the cost of gas, insurance, registration, we don’t want to own a car,” said Michael Defriese, a Stockton, California, resident who lives on social security disability payments.
But he loves driving an electric vehicle rented from Míocar two or three times a month to visit his mother, 110 miles away in Santa Rosa, or his daughter, 71 miles away in Oakland.
“We also use it for grocery shopping and getting to doctor appointments,” he said.
