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Cool story and all, but no, I’m not telling you may use. I’m telling you no matter how you want to justify the vehicle, or the range anxiety, or the sitting a
by SV_BubbleTime 3y ago
Cool story and all, but no, I’m not telling you may use.
I’m telling you no matter how you want to justify the vehicle, or the range anxiety, or the sitting at charging stations for hours - they are not replacements for ICE vehicles. They’re excellent town cars though.
- while_true_ 3y agoHuh? Literally millions of people worldwide have replaced their ICE vehicles with EVs. Granted, there are some use cases where ICE is the better choice, but no one is seriously suggesting that EVs will replace ICE 100 percent.
- SV_BubbleTime 3y agoAssume at least 1/2 are people that will learn a lesson in marketing. It’s been an assumption trap on both sides. The current gen of EV marketing will go down in history books.
- theshrike79 3y agoLike I said, most people don't need more than a "town car". The average American commute is 42 miles per day (~68km in regular units). You can drive that far at -40C with pretty much even the most beat down first gen Nissan Leaf with an original battery. And if you can charge at home (like you should if you own an EV), the battery will be at 100% every single morning. So you'll spend around 15 seconds plugging the car in the charger when you come home and 7.8 seconds taking it off the charger. And with all the money you save on gas by using electricity for commuting, you can buy a huge Mad Max style ICE with 500 gallon tanks you can use to drive coast to coast without stopping to refuel once :D