When Ashlea Wooten-Chapple bought her first electric car in 2022, she felt like it fit her life perfectly.

It was a Ford Mustang — just like her dad’s 1969 muscle car, which was still sitting in her mom’s garage with his initials stitched into its leather seats. But her electric version saved money on fuel, required less maintenance and had extra storage space that she could load up on Costco runs.

“I felt like Ford made this car for me,” she said. “It just makes sense for a busy mom or a career woman.”

But the marketing for EVs and online enthusiast communities didn’t always feel like they were made for her. Shortly after getting her car, she posted about it in an EV forum — only to get an onslaught of unkind comments and “a lot of mansplaining.” So, she started her own breakaway gro

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