Electric Vehicles

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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.

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So, you've decided to write a terrible EV piece. (aliensideboob.substack.com)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by kudra@sh.itjust.works to c/electricvehicles@slrpnk.net

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John Birmingham snark at its finest.

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[–] blitzen@lemmy.ca 21 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I get that the author is being snarky, but on the whole I don’t necessarily disagree with the author of the piece he’s critical of, that much of the design of all new cars– not just EVs– can be user hostile. There’s a lot of design choices present that seem to be different for different sake. “Fixing” problems that didn’t need fixing.

The complaint about changing being locked behind apps is also extremely valid.

We’re all EV fans here, but let’s not waive away valid criticism.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I agree with you about not necessarily disagreeing. He's right, we're "not there yet". As in, it's not equally easy to road trip.

But he also completely missed the trade-off, which is that I don't have to go to gas stations either. And when I do 1 or maybe 2 road trips a year, as opposed to stopping at gas stations >25x/year, that's a very welcome trade-off. There's an argument to be made that you might even save some money by not being tempted to buy shit at the gas station, which a lot of people do.

[–] blitzen@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There's an argument to be made that you might even save some money by not being tempted to buy shit at the gas station, which a lot of people do.

Not sure that argument holds water because we always hear about the shopping and/or dining that can be done while charging.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yes but that is again only on long trips. Every other day of the year you're driving straight home.