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I love the idea of an EV, but ultimately it’s just extending a pretty unsustainable car culture involving the allocation of half of urban space to individuals m
by ant6n 4y ago
I love the idea of an EV, but ultimately it’s just extending a pretty unsustainable car culture involving the allocation of half of urban space to individuals moving around 1~2 tons of metal in order to do trips that would be much shorter with better designed cities, while letting walking, cycling and transit languish.
- JKCalhoun 4y agoAgree. If EV, I prefer electric bikes/scooters. Especially that crazy swappable battery thing they have in Singapore (https://news.yahoo.com/trial-battery-swap-charge-stations-electronic-motorcycles-begin-soon-122250610.html https://news.yahoo.com/trial-battery-swap-charge-stations-el...). To be sure, in the U.S., you would probably still need a car in winter, rain... To that end, the wife and I are down to a single car we share between the two of us. (Seems like such a radical thing to do in the U.S. for some reason.)
- nradov 4y agoI don't know if it's radical, but having a single car stops being practical as soon as your two kids have to be at different sports tournaments 100 miles apart. Sure in theory you can rent another car when you need it, but in practice it's such a hassle that unless you're short of parking spaces it's easier to own 2 cars.