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xkcd #2948: Electric vs Gas (xkcd.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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An idling gas engine may be annoyingly loud, but that's the price you pay for having WAY less torque available at a standstill.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (8 children)

On the one hand the Nokia 3310's battery lasts a week. On the other hand the iPhone 15....

Just plug your car in when you're not using it like you'd charge your phone overnight. It's only a problem if you can't charge at home (due to on street parking and no charging facilities on that street) and you can't charge somewhere you usually take your car (eg a workplace).

[–] [email protected] -4 points 4 months ago (7 children)

Nope,it's a problem in many other scenarios

If i ride to vacation to a country with no charging infrastucture, if I want to ride to the mountains where it is subzero and my range drops dramatically, if I go to a place where it's 38 deree celsius and I need AC my range is pretty much fucked up... (not to mention that close to remote places like cool beaches there is no charging station)

If I want to have a road trip... i suddenly becomes a planning issue

There are still so many things that are complicated by having a EV, and I don't need the extra complications

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

So you agree that we should heavily invest in building EV charging infrastructure?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

We should slowly invest and push for transition, but the current status quo is for early adopters and enthusiasts IMO

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