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> > Okay. I ride bikes and EVs. Cornering on a bike (ie two wheels) is way slower and harder than what an EV feels like. It depends on the type of bike and the
by JumpinJack_Cash 3y ago
> > Okay. I ride bikes and EVs. Cornering on a bike (ie two wheels) is way slower and harder than what an EV feels like.
It depends on the type of bike and the skill of the rider ;)
> > petrol is better is just change resistance
Re-inventing the wheel should be done for the benefit of consumers, the whole electricity revoloution in automotive is a political thing imposed by the elites who have too much free time on their hands so they worry about how's the climate is gonna be 50 years from now, whereas normal people don't even plan on living that long.
> > Electricity is ubiquitous
So is oil, you need it for literally everything in a city ranging from cement to lubricants to asphalt and it's much easier to transport to the rural areas, quite frankly you and I would not be here if it wasn't the case
> > The model 3 is superior in almost every
Then why does the Model 3 lose every lap time comparisons in corner intense tracks like the Nurburgring or Laguna Seca or Silverstone, and not only that, the gas car will be able to do laps for the whole day, the Model 3 overheats and would leave you stranded
> > Most people do not keep their car for 1M miles
That's because they fail much sooner than that, in an industry which is 200 years old there is nothing left to invent (again if not for political purposes) so old cars seem extremely attractive, BMWs and Mercedes from 2003 have better UI and interiors than many new cars, especially Teslas
> > Tesla are Better and safer
Has Tesla ever achieved anything like Mercedes did in Laredo Texas back in long gone 2005? Video below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMRbV4pIdyc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMRbV4pIdyc
I am sure not, because large mouth Musk would have kept tweeting about it, but such levels of reliability in extreme conditions are sadly way beyond the capabilities of the automobiles manufactured in his factories (or should I say tents?)
- onethought 3y agoI think we are looking at this from perhaps different sides. Oil is only ubiquitous because we painstakingly distribute it. My point was we already distribute electricity quite effectively (without trucks and pumps etc). I’ll concede a highly skilled rider and a high end bike could outpace/outcorner. But I think the fun of an EV or a Tesla specifically is that anybody can drive at a high level with relative ease because of the weight and low centre of gravity. I think you are right at the extremes, high end porches out manueveur teslas. High reliability Toyotas out last Tesla. High performance Mercedes out perform a Tesla. But the reason people enjoy teslas is they perform extremely well across a number of those areas. The EV transition is actually inevitable. Oil is finite, solar is not (we’ll give or take some billions of years). I don’t think it’s about virtue signalling or politics. It’s pure pragmatism. Pushing for more oil consumption is literally kicking the can down the road. Transitioning vehicles to electric extends the use of our finite resource for things we don’t have an alternative for (plastics and rubbers, and long haul air travel)