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> but there are plenty of people ..... I'm afraid you are perfectly demonstrating my point that the pro-EV side contort themselves to extreme levels to try to
by traceroute66 3y ago
> but there are plenty of people .....
I'm afraid you are perfectly demonstrating my point that the pro-EV side contort themselves to extreme levels to try to justify the lack of maturity in EV.
The fact is: I own an ICE car. Whether I drive it 5 miles or 500 miles is irrelevant. I don't have to "plan a little differently" on my 500 mile journey. And I don't have to drive a different car on the 500 mile trip.
As I said at the start of my original post. I am on your side. I want to buy EV. But I suspect, like many others, I look at it objectively and I see that the technology is not quite mature enough. I've no doubt one day it will be, but not today.
- jmaker 3y agoIn addition, there’s an immense mental burden on the driver from having to keep track of everything related to charging and planning your trip ahead. And battery capacity degrades over time, too. I have yet to find a reliable wear and tear figure to estimate when to sell the EV.
- bryanlarsen 3y agoWhat mental burden? I punch my destination into my nav and it tells me if & when & where I need to charge.
- robertlagrant 3y agoI'm not on a side. I'm just saying there's no point flat out stating that things must improve when a) for a lot of people they're good enough right now, and it's about effort invested vs additional numbers of people to reach, and b) real experts are already constantly working on this.