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Are you assuming 250kW chargers? …and cars which can charge that fast? Renault 5 EV charges with 11kW. This is the size of car I need.

Workaccount2 9mo ago
If you often mowed a town park, you wouldn't buy a hand-push lawnmower and then be upset about lawn mower technology. The Renault 5 is a town car. Its specs are closer to a golf cart than a motorcar. It fills a niche, but if you are traveling often, a different EV would suite you better.
- mdavid626 9mo ago
  I see the confusion now. People assume everyone has the same resources as they do. Your point would be fine, if Renault 5 would be very cheap. But it’s not. It’s the car what many people can afford. Thinking that people have “misconceptions”, because they don’t buy expensive EV-s, which have good capabilities, is very strange. You say EV-s are good and people just don’t get it. But people who buy EV-s for 25k, their experience is SIGNIFICANTLY worse than in EV-s for 50k. These people are buying those cars, because that’s what they can afford, not because they are stupid to see that a more expensive car can do better. Look at 25k ICE cars. They offer lot more comfort regarding “charging”, as same price EV-s. They work in a city and outside city as well. No trade-offs. That’s my point, when I say “price and range”. ———- Renault 5 EV is a pretty normal car in Europe regarding its specs. Why would it be a golf cart?
ac29 9mo ago
> Renault 5 EV charges with 11kW. This is the size of car I need. AC only EVs dont exist in the US market any more AFAIK. Looking at the Renault 5 models currently available in the UK market, they dont have any AC only models either (maybe they do in other countries though).
- mdavid626 9mo ago
  What’s your point? Can Renault 5 EV be charged in 30 min?

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Are you assuming 250kW chargers? …and cars which can charge that fast? Renault 5 EV charges with 11kW. This is the size of car I need.

by mdavid626 9mo ago

Workaccount2 9mo ago
If you often mowed a town park, you wouldn't buy a hand-push lawnmower and then be upset about lawn mower technology. The Renault 5 is a town car. Its specs are closer to a golf cart than a motorcar. It fills a niche, but if you are traveling often, a different EV would suite you better.
- mdavid626 9mo ago
  I see the confusion now. People assume everyone has the same resources as they do. Your point would be fine, if Renault 5 would be very cheap. But it’s not. It’s the car what many people can afford. Thinking that people have “misconceptions”, because they don’t buy expensive EV-s, which have good capabilities, is very strange. You say EV-s are good and people just don’t get it. But people who buy EV-s for 25k, their experience is SIGNIFICANTLY worse than in EV-s for 50k. These people are buying those cars, because that’s what they can afford, not because they are stupid to see that a more expensive car can do better. Look at 25k ICE cars. They offer lot more comfort regarding “charging”, as same price EV-s. They work in a city and outside city as well. No trade-offs. That’s my point, when I say “price and range”. ———- Renault 5 EV is a pretty normal car in Europe regarding its specs. Why would it be a golf cart?
ac29 9mo ago
> Renault 5 EV charges with 11kW. This is the size of car I need. AC only EVs dont exist in the US market any more AFAIK. Looking at the Renault 5 models currently available in the UK market, they dont have any AC only models either (maybe they do in other countries though).
- mdavid626 9mo ago
  What’s your point? Can Renault 5 EV be charged in 30 min?