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Apparently there are trade offs when using electric cars, which apparently makes them terrible. Inconvenience for certain types of driving means they're just a

Apparently there are trade offs when using electric cars, which apparently makes them terrible. Inconvenience for certain types of driving means they're just awful. There's no silencing of 'shit talkers' by 'control freaks', just push back to a poor argument. Electric cars are good for commuting, and poor for long distance. There's nothing more to it than that. I commute on a bike and mostly want a car for long trips, so I won't buy an electric car. Somehow I can accept that fact without deciding people who want them are idiots.

dragontamer 11y ago
This is my thinking of the article as well. Its extremely negative for reasons I can't really fathom. The Tesla fanboys are definitely building up their own reality-distortion-field... ignoring some basic truths of the technology. But the overall benefits and pro/con tradeoffs are known at this point. But countering that with your own reality-distortion-field is wrong. Electric vehicles excel at short-range driving (Leaf, Bolt, Model 3), but have issues for long road trips (even if the Supercharger network tries to solve the issue). Hybrids seem to strike a good balance (Volt / Prius Prime). ICE Vehicles are the status-quo and really you can't go wrong with old technology, since everyone knows the full scope of pros/cons of the status quo.