Electric car.
I got an electric car, specifically a 2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5. It’s not a hybrid — it’s 100% you-gotta-plug-it-in-and-charge-it electric. Stacey and I had been sharing one car (a not-electric Mazda 3) for several years. Which is fine most of the time. Neither of us drive all that much, and most of the time when we do drive somewhere we’re together. But Birmingham, Alabama, doesn’t offer much in the way of mass transit. So on the occasion we do need to drive different places… I got an electric car, specifically a 2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5. It’s not a hybrid — it’s 100% you-gotta-plug-it-in-and-charge-it electric. Stacey and I had been sharing one car (a not-electric Mazda 3) for several years. Which is fine most of the time. Neither of us drive all that much, and most of the time when we do drive somewhere we’re together. But Birmingham, Alabama, doesn’t offer much in the way of mass transit. So on the occasion we do need to drive different places at the same time, it’s a hassle. ...