BIRMINGHAM – After weighing pros and cons of electric vehicle (EV) ownership since becoming president of the Alabama Clean Fuels Coalition in 2020, I decided my next pick-up truck would be electric.
My gas-powered 2019 Silverado required a new transmission and expensive engine repairs before I made it to 70,000 miles, so I decided to make the switch a little sooner than expected. I purchased my first EV, a 2024 Chevrolet Silverado RST EV First Edition, earlier this year.
Fast forward to the fall and we faced our first all-electric adventure – a family trip from Birmingham to Alabama’s beaches, our first without needing to stop for gas. Could we make it work, conveniently?…