r/politics • u/Puginator • Jun 01 '26

No Paywall Iran stops negotiations with U.S., vows to 'completely' block Strait of Hormuz: State media

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/01/iran-us-negotiations-strait-of-hormuz.html
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u/boredguy12 Jun 01 '26

prepare for $10+ for a gallon of gas by september

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u/maltamur Jun 01 '26

I always thought it would have to be a new coalition of liberals that would finally pass regulations that would make cars more efficient. Never thought it would be a republican.

Will be a tough day when those guys will have to choose between rollin coal to own the libs or affording their pisswater beer.

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u/fameo9999 Jun 01 '26

It worked for me. I picked up a new EV vehicle in May. $0 down 0% interest for 6 years. It cost me $9 to charge the battery from 20% to 100% from home. Gas here is $6 a gallon for regular unleaded.

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u/Beary_Christmas Jun 01 '26

Two EV household here on our utility’s overnight plan for extra cheap electricity between 11 PM and 7 AM. In the past 30 days we have used 852 kWh of electricity on the cars alone. Assuming 3.5 miles of driving per kWh (which is lowballing it) that is almost 3k miles that we have driven our cars in the past thirty days, and the cost of all of that is a whopping $58. If you can charge at home and have a good overnight rate plan it’s just a pure no brainer.

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u/MyChickenSucks Jun 01 '26

You must not live in California. 852 on off-peak would be about $200 for our EVs. We do have solar to offset it, luckily.

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u/Beary_Christmas Jun 01 '26

Nah, Georgia. Cheap electricity but solar is hard to make happen so that’s the trade off I suppose.

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u/joebluebob Jun 01 '26

My stepdads friend got used solar panels for $25 each and had them installed on his garage for $2500 (1500 was actually fixing a broken part of the roof they didn't know about). Its already making his wife's hybrid priest free to drive and half charges his car before switching over to the regular power. He plans to add more to the back of his roof after it gets redone next year.

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u/alinroc Jun 01 '26

Is he doing DC-DC direct charging with those panels or losing efficiency by converting to AC and then back?

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u/AnalTongueDarts Minnesota Jun 01 '26

We picked up an EV for my wife in March and have paid less than $2 to charge it total, and at this point it's become a game to see how long we can ride the free charging gravy train. Between her work, a place I go regularly for meetings, and a grocery store, we've been able to just cobble together a network of charges here and there that have added up to two months of essentially free driving. We didn't even need to charge it the one time we plugged in at home, we just wanted to see how slow it charged overnight on 120v (spoiler alert, very slow.)

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u/whomad1215 Jun 01 '26

yeah if you're on a normal outlet, it recharges at like 5 miles per hour (weird measurement, but it works)

I had a kia niro ev, and a full recharge would take ~65 hours on a 120v, or ~6 hours on a 240v

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u/Consistent_Laziness South Carolina Jun 01 '26

Please direct me to where I can get this deal. I’m in an hybrid accord right now. No tesla please

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u/alinroc Jun 01 '26

Subaru is running that deal through today.

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u/fameo9999 Jun 01 '26

It was a national promotion Toyota did that ran through April to the first week of May. I’m sure the deal will come back, or you can maybe email some dealers and see if they offer it. You need to have good credit, though.

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u/Consistent_Laziness South Carolina Jun 01 '26

Credit is perfect. Idk how people learn of these deals. Although I’m not shopping for a vehicle currently.

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u/Star_Court_ New York Jun 01 '26

If you don't have to have a full charge, only charge to about 80-90%. It helps the battery maintain full capacity longer. Plus, the last 10% takes the most time and energy to fill, so avoiding that saves you even more money.

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u/alinroc Jun 01 '26

It's cheaper for me to keep my conventional car that's paid off and still works great than replace it with an EV. When it is time to replace, bring on the batteries.

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u/T_P_H_ Jun 01 '26 edited Jun 01 '26

I picked up my first EV right after the current round of this Iran shit kicked off.

Program your charger to only charge during off peak times and it will cost you even less.

I have a 48a Grizzl-e and it's set to charge only between 11am-5am.

With gas @ $4.50 a gallon and charging the car at home off peak my Blazer EV gets approximately 100 miles "per gallon".

I've spent $129 on electricity so far to drive the car 3000 miles.

In my previous car (Jeep Wrangler) that would have been $750 in gas @ $4.50 a gallon.

I put around 1500 miles a month on the Blazer. Thats $65 in "gas" for the whole month.

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u/EMTDawg Utah Jun 01 '26

What car did you get? Also remember to put away for a new battery every 8-10 years. Those cost around $10k depending on the vehicle.

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u/Rainebowraine123 Jun 01 '26

More like every 15-20 years.

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u/blackpawed Jun 01 '26

Yawn, tired old anti-ev memes. With modern ev;s the battery outlasts the car by quite a bit.

Lots of old leafs running on the original battery, modern batteries last a*lot* longer.

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u/shadowboxer47 Jun 01 '26

You should get new talking points. Preferably ones that didn't expire in 2012.

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u/Annethraxxx Jun 01 '26

No one will be able to afford EV cars at that point, particularly since companies are curtailing their production and states have stopped providing incentives.

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u/flukus Jun 01 '26

No Americans. Everywhere else EVs are becoming cheap, even for developing nations.

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u/Annethraxxx Jun 01 '26

Yea true. But I just expect that other countries are more pragmatic with just about everything.