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This article feels really forced.. No place for bags in front of the car? You have a huge trunk. Car heating in traffic jam? Maybe if there is 30'C outside. Hug

This article feels really forced.. No place for bags in front of the car? You have a huge trunk. Car heating in traffic jam? Maybe if there is 30'C outside. Huge amount of mechanical technology? Electric cars are full of far more complex technology, harder and more expensive to fix. And what about refueling, why didn't he mentioned "wow, refueling takes only 2 minutes! I don't have to wait an hour". I know what was the point of this article, electric cars are quite young and given some time many of the issues will be fixed, but it doesn't mean people can't complain about it right now, I think there is still a huge gap between electric and petrol cars.

Terretta 14y ago
> I know what was the point of this article, electric cars are quite young... No. This article is satire, but the best kind as it's grounded in truth. This article isn't making a point electrics are young, but rather about journalistic integrity. This article is responding to a couple of Tesla reviews that went way out of their way to complain about the Tesla and the idea of electric cars in general, by forcing situations to complain about. This article's "really forced" gripes mirror the "really forced" gripes of the journalists complaining about their electric test vehicles, e.g., "What, the battery gets lower just sitting in traffic?" And yet, as noted above, it's also truth. If we didn't grow up just accepting fumes killing fellow drivers behind us, we likely wouldn't jump at a technology that introduced those downsides out of the blue. PS. He specifically did mention refueling speed as a plus for the gas car, one he said wasn't worth it given the downsides.
- Gravityloss 14y ago
  It seems you're almost the only one who understood this.