In 2019, high fuel costs and a long Southern California driving routine pushed me to try an electric car. I brought home a Model 3 and began learning what electric-vehicle ownership was like in everyday use.
A second chapter in 2023
Four years later, I moved to a Model Y. The new vehicle reflected both a different set of practical needs and the changes I had watched take place in electric vehicles since that first purchase.
This is a personal timeline record rather than a product review or a broad sustainability claim. It merges the separate 2019 and 2023 source posts while preserving both dates in the story.