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xkcd #3214: Electric Vehicles

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Now that I've finally gotten an electric vehicle, I'm never going back to an acoustic one.

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[–] Electricd@lemmybefree.net 4 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

For a lot of people it’s number 7 and I mean, that’s sad

1 is real though, and it can be a pain

There’s also the case where some areas are isolated and there’s no charger nearby and that can be a pain, and yea, that’s not a good spot to be in

Finally, if you can’t charge at home, you’re not really going to save on electricity price compared to fuel, so that’s not the best purchase, and it might be a pain to charge frequently outside if you have an cheap car that charges slowly

[–] bufalo1973@piefed.social 2 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

In the worst case scenario (very high KWh price), charging is almost the same price for the same distance. In the best case (at home) is 10x cheaper.