115 sats \ 1 reply \ @justBrian 6 Mar freebie
i still would opt for something like the totota rav4 prime that has a small all electric range then goes hybrid once the electric range is depleted.
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200 sats \ 0 replies \ @m00ninite 6 Mar
These seem particularly compelling if you need the extra range. For me, 300 miles would easily get me anywhere I'd want to go. I'm definitely not a road trip person
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90 sats \ 0 replies \ @021da48107 6 Mar
It'd be interesting to see what the average miles driven per day is for the average person. I bet an electric vehicle makes sense for most people when it comes to range.
However new vehicles in general are way too expensive, and EVs are even more expensive than ICE vehicles. Most American's have a vehicle they can't afford, and are just swimming in debt as a result.
Also, I wonder how well these vehicles will age. My daily driver is a vehicle from 2003 and it runs great. When things break I can easily repair it. With all the new bells and whistles in new vehicles (again EVs even more so) I wonder if they will even be around in 20 years.
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90 sats \ 3 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 6 Mar
In my case, considering that around 80% of my car journeys are short distances, the range and charging time of electric cars have always made me hesitant to buy one.
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85 sats \ 2 replies \ @kr OP 6 Mar
how much range would you need to feel comfortable?
one benefit that most people don’t realize right away is that home charging means never having to go charge at some EV station.
quite possible to go months - in some cases years - without ever needing to go charge somewhere away from home.
overnight charging gives most EV owners more than enough energy to do their daily drives.
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90 sats \ 1 reply \ @0xbitcoiner 6 Mar
It's not uncommon to drive 600 miles in a single stretch during the holidays, but it's less common during the rest of the year, though it still happens. There are still not many fast charging stations available.
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249 sats \ 0 replies \ @m00ninite 6 Mar
Fwiw, the EV chargers are usually at places you'd want to take breaks on long trips anyway. Plug in, stretch your legs, and grab a bite to eat.
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21 sats \ 6 replies \ @justBrian 6 Mar freebie
i have a really hard time believing this technology will actually scale and work.. i see how it works for an upper middle class family that owns a home, can charge from home, and maybe even has a 2nd vehicle ( probably gas).. i dont see how lithium battery charging actually works for say a multi story apartment complex where everyone has a car.. i think the sly reality is that the infrastructure and the cars themselves will never make it to the bottom 50% of income earners, even with massive public subsidies ( which are probably primarily deriving from poor wage earners anyways), and for that i think its a gimmick or worse a scam to redistribute wealth from the poor to the rich.
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10 sats \ 5 replies \ @kr OP 6 Mar
multi-story apartment complexes are also installing EV chargers.
for most people, the task of charging an EV is as easy as the task of charging your phone.
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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @justBrian 6 Mar freebie
that is a potential future but its not true now or anytime soon without fleecing the public to build it out.