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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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[–] MrVilliam@lemm.ee 31 points 2 weeks ago (12 children)

I think it's probably too early for this to mean much of anything. Most people who bought an EV bought it new within the past ten years and probably haven't needed to replace their car yet. I don't doubt that the vast majority of EV buyers will choose an EV as their next car, but over 99% would be an incredible statistic if that's what we see ten years from now.

I bought a gas RAV4 in 2016 because I didn't think the tech was quite there yet and I couldn't sit around on a waiting list even if I was ready to trust the tech yet. But even then, I said to myself "this is the last gas powered vehicle I'll ever buy." Just a few weeks short of 9 years later, I believe that now more than ever. If my car dies today, I'm shopping for an EV, probably a Ford if they're still doing that incentive to throw in the upgraded home charging station installation or whatever that promo was. And once that infrastructure is in somebody's home, why go back to using gasoline? Even without that, charging on a standard outlet overnight is plenty for most and is already a massive change in habits and routines that people won't want to change back from. I don't like having to stop at a gas station every few days. I don't like oil changes. Who would choose to go back to all this bullshit after tasting life without that level of hassle? Especially now that the gap in cost between ICE and EV has dropped so much.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

My experience with gas vs. battery tools and toys? Gas can suck it. No carbs, mixing oil, no oil, no plugs, no hassle.

[–] MrVilliam@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I had nothing but headaches from my old gas/oil weed whacker. When I replaced it with a battery one, the only issue I had was that the included battery didn't last nearly long enough. 1.5Ah battery included, but I fixed the problem by buying a compatible 4.0Ah battery, and the 1.5 was still available for the little leaf blower included (double pack for only like $100) to clean up after if the main job totally drained the big battery.

Soon, we'll see lawn mower roombas get affordable enough for more people. I'm looking forward to that. Fuck yardwork lol.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 3 points 2 weeks ago

Electric is fine for lawnmowers too, but there's similar issue with range. Obviously you can just buy more batteries and swap them out, you're just at home anyway, so it's not like that's going to be a problem.

Those robot lawnmowers are the dream though.

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