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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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Forget what you read online: 94% of EV drivers won't go back to gas (electrek.co)

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[–] isleepinahammock@lemmy.blahaj.zone -4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I love owning one, but recharging would be obnoxious when traveling to a new place and having to juggle half a dozen different charging apps and a charger probably requiring you to go to a Walmart and sit for half an hour.

When I see complaints like this, I read it as, "I'm a reckless driver who should have their license taken away." If you're taking long road trips and not stopping every 4-6 hours for a 20-30 minute break, you shouldn't be allowed to own a vehicle at all. You're a danger to yourself and everyone around you.

[–] DireTech@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That’s an incredibly weird take. How did you get to that from a complaint about how hard it was to find a decent charger?

My example wasn’t even about a long drive, just being in a town with only 3 high speed chargers and over the course of a week I got to drive well out of my way and sit and wait for a turn at the Walmart twice. If I’d had a gas car I could’ve filled up at the many many stations nearby so it was an example of why I still wouldn’t rent one when traveling. Hell lookup driving to Yellowstone for an easy example of a route with limited chargers for the large number of summer tourists.

Did you miss the part where I love actually owning one?

[–] hessenjunge@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe it’s an LLM bot set to act contrarian?

stopping every 4-6 hours for a 20-30 minute break

An EV that drives for 6h and is charged up in 30min? This has to be an hallucination.

It would be great to have this kind of range though.

[–] isleepinahammock@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago

Maybe it’s an LLM bot set to act contrarian?

This hurts my soul.

[–] kestrel7_7@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hi, I routinely drive 12+ hours only stopping for gas and bathrooms. It’s fun, and what I do for vacations, and I will never stop. I’ve been doing this since I was a teenager and have never been in a car crash because I’m an absurdly safe driver compared to most people on the roads. I think you have a really extreme view of what safe car driving looks like.

[–] isleepinahammock@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago

I assume you also grew up in Lake Wobegon, where all the children are above average.