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I also wish proponents of EVs could stop pretending that in some cases an ICE vehicle isnt more convenient. For 95% of people 95% of the time the EV wins but the edge cases do exist.
When people argue that there are no exceptions to the rule when there clearly are I do wonder what other half truths they are telling.
The same people buy F150s to carry home 3 2x4s from home depot twice a year.
I have experienced the reality behind this comment so deeply in the past year.
I have been building a lot of stuff recently, and in 2026 alone I have made several large Home Depot lumber runs.
It's always me in my old shorts & t-shirt, loading like 2 dozen 2x4s or 4x4s or plywood into either my little mazda3 sedan or the family SUV my wife drives that has a mix of "cute" and "sassy feminist" stickers all over the back. All around me are trumpy-looking chuds in their pristine business casual work clothes carrying a single little bag or mailbox post to their also-pristine emotional support trucks.
And I'm not faulting them generally for clean clothes and nice cars. I'm a software engineer with a desk job, and I am way overdue for a fun new car that won't even fit lumber. But I am way way way over the stupid culture in this country where having a good job makes one a valid human and having a big vroom vroom truck makes one a legit rugged big strong boy.
A lifestyle that depends on a gasoline vehicle is something you can probably look for.
It's fair to base a global discussion about the habits and needs of 95% of us.
Yes there will always be edge cases, but shut the fuck up. We know about them.
Towing large things. That’s the only true unmet edge case I know of. Perhaps because it crosses over into commercial semi-ev territory.