• assplode@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Charging infrastructure is still pretty shit compared to refueling a gas car as well.

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      1 year ago

      Yes and no.

      The EV refueling infrastructure while on the road is kinda shit.

      The home refueling infrastructure for gasoline cars is really, really shit.

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        1 year ago

        And if you’re in a European city without off-road parking, at-home refuelling for EVs is shit too.

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        1 year ago

        I love these crazy comparisons you people make. Nobody gives a fuck if they have to stop 2 minutes to refuel. 5 minutes if there is a line. Nobody wants to take an hour long wait for a charge port.

        It’s like none of you have ever traveled for the holidays.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, but that totally makes sense if no one is buying. It’s just, that no one is buying, because automakers aren’t really interested in EVs, since gas powered have bigger margins, meaning initial manufacturing cost is lower, so they can jack the prices. When they do it with EVs it’s getting very ridiculous very fast.

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        1 year ago

        Maybe in your country, here the majority of sold cars are electric. And the charging network is great. (Switzerland)

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          1 year ago

          Yeah, I’m from Germany. So we are big petrol heads over here …

          Also, my point was about pricing, is that different in Switzerland? I would doubt that.

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              1 year ago

              Right. Thanks for sharing.

              I hate the SUV trend as a whole, but especially in EVs it’s just so non-sensical. Trying to build more resourceconsious vehicles, but at the same time building them twice as big and heavy as they need to be, while trying to achieve range …