• dom@lemmy.ca
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      Ev is superior to ice in most ways.

      While it doesn’t fit everyone’s life, it will fit most people’s and in a way that is a genuine improvement.

      Not having to stop for gas is the biggest benefit I did not expect to have.

      The only real downside was the need to charge on road trips, but my car charges in 18 minutes so it really isnt a problem anymore. My stops are usually longer than 18 minutes anyways.

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        2 days ago

        Yeah, EVs are really cool!

        I didn’t want to express an anti-EV sentiment, I just hate this commanding kind of headline. “Watch these…”, “Do that…”, “You must…” - shut the fuck up.

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          You can very much travel long distance with EV. With current batteries and charger you need a 15-20 min break every two hours which is what people should do anyway.

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          For the 1% that are actually able to drive non-stop for more than 5 hours, its a downside. Anyone that normally travel with someone with less than perfect bladder control will find that extra stops for charging will not be necessary.

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        There are many more downsides. Range drops in cold weather, and in very cold weather chargers don’t work. In perfect weather, 1 in 4 public chargers don’t work. Then there is the issue with reliability as EVs are full of pointless gadgetry designed to try and justify the cost. I doubt these vehicles will be on roads after ten years.

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          In practical terms, again for most people, these are non issues. Why do i care about the range being lower in winter when the battery is charged at home and i dont drive more than 400km in a day?

          There are fewer moving parts in an EV than there are in icev

          And those gadgets are in almost all modern cars, ev or not.