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So people insist. The reality is that people buy the car they can afford rather than the super car they really want. So, whether they will like it or not, most

So people insist. The reality is that people buy the car they can afford rather than the super car they really want. So, whether they will like it or not, most of them will switch over in the next ten years with adequate range. That's why there are so many 40kwh EVs on the road already. They are more than good enough and they get the job done. In the end, spending 50K extra on a car you don't need with some ridiculously oversized battery for a journey you only do a few times per decade is completely irrational. The rational thing would be to split the difference and rent a super car, fly first class, or just man the F*** up and stop to charge for 50 minutes a couple of times the few times per year you have no other choice. The good news is, it will be technically possible for people to continue to buy cars they absolutely don't need for money they can't afford. Not going to be a problem. It's not really a problem now, really. Manufacturers will be more than happy to take your money.

phtrivier 5y ago
> The reality is that people buy the car they can afford rather than the super car they really want. > ... pending 50K extra on a car you don't need with some ridiculously oversized battery for a journey you only do a few times per decade is completely irrational You seem to assume people are thinking about cars _rationnaly_. I don't know about other countries, but at least in France, this is _not_ the case. About 30 to 50% of the TV ad space is devoted to cars. The surge of SUVs in the last decade is caused by people buying _entirely irrational_ cars (way too big, way too heavy, with - sorry HN - way too much electronics.) This is also the perfectly predictable result of marketing incentives (car dealers sell what they're told to sell.) EU has some regulations that _might_ make it unaffordable for car companies to keep the same incentives in the long run - but I don't expect them to play nice. People will keep buying what their friends, car dealers, auto magazine, music videos, movies, and, mostly, TV ads tell them to buy. We've been post-homo-economicus in this market for decades. Now, the "second-hand" market is much more rational - but EVs are not there yet.

phtrivier 5y ago

> The reality is that people buy the car they can afford rather than the super car they really want. > ... pending 50K extra on a car you don't need with some ridiculously oversized battery for a journey you only do a few times per decade is completely irrational You seem to assume people are thinking about cars _rationnaly_. I don't know about other countries, but at least in France, this is _not_ the case. About 30 to 50% of the TV ad space is devoted to cars. The surge of SUVs in the last decade is caused by people buying _entirely irrational_ cars (way too big, way too heavy, with - sorry HN - way too much electronics.) This is also the perfectly predictable result of marketing incentives (car dealers sell what they're told to sell.) EU has some regulations that _might_ make it unaffordable for car companies to keep the same incentives in the long run - but I don't expect them to play nice. People will keep buying what their friends, car dealers, auto magazine, music videos, movies, and, mostly, TV ads tell them to buy. We've been post-homo-economicus in this market for decades. Now, the "second-hand" market is much more rational - but EVs are not there yet.