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Well look on it as on product. Joe can get ICE car for X price with range Y but it does not even matter because he can "charge" his ICE car in minutes. Or Joe

Well look on it as on product. Joe can get ICE car for X price with range Y but it does not even matter because he can "charge" his ICE car in minutes. Or Joe can get BEV car for 2X price with range Y/2 (or even smaller fraction) which actually matters because charging of his BEV car takes 30 minutes and more (assuming that there is no queue on chargers) + stress with stupid applications. Now add there fact, that cca 50% of Joes can't charge at home, because they are living in apartments and you can see why BEV is inferior product from Joe's perspective, because in Joe's mind he is paying more to get less. And btw I own Skoda Enyaq and that car is massive PITA when you have no place to charge.

thebruce87m 3y ago
Sure, but the people who can charge at home are still convinced they need 600 miles of range. I charge at home so my charging time is 0 and it costs 1/5 of the price. There are 70 houses on my street with similar configurations to mine. I also did 3 months without a home charger with no issues.
- FirmwareBurner 3y ago
  Most people don't live in houses like in the UK so they can't charge at home overnight. If there's street parking then there needs to be street charging but nobody has really found a mass solution to that. The cities need to build that but they aren't. If you don't have a charger at home or at work you're screwed.
  - thebruce87m 3y ago
    Sure, I live in the UK so I know the living arrangements. Not sure what’s warranting the downvotes but my point is that there are lots of people who do have the opportunity to charge at home and save big time with fuel costs but are still convinced they need something that behaves exactly like the thing they have, and for a lot of people it doesn’t have to.
    - FirmwareBurner 3y ago
      FWIW I didn't downvote you. Just because your experience doesn't match mine.

thebruce87m 3y ago

Sure, but the people who can charge at home are still convinced they need 600 miles of range. I charge at home so my charging time is 0 and it costs 1/5 of the price. There are 70 houses on my street with similar configurations to mine. I also did 3 months without a home charger with no issues.

FirmwareBurner 3y ago
Most people don't live in houses like in the UK so they can't charge at home overnight. If there's street parking then there needs to be street charging but nobody has really found a mass solution to that. The cities need to build that but they aren't. If you don't have a charger at home or at work you're screwed.
- thebruce87m 3y ago
  Sure, I live in the UK so I know the living arrangements. Not sure what’s warranting the downvotes but my point is that there are lots of people who do have the opportunity to charge at home and save big time with fuel costs but are still convinced they need something that behaves exactly like the thing they have, and for a lot of people it doesn’t have to.
  - FirmwareBurner 3y ago
    FWIW I didn't downvote you. Just because your experience doesn't match mine.