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Re:Mercedes-Benz will electrify its entire car lineup by 2022 by cptskippy on Monday September 11, 2017 @01:55PM (#15220551)
I agree with his statement and I drive a used Nissan Leaf. Despite Nissan's assertions to the contrary, the Leaf doesn't strike me as being an EV built from the ground up but an ICEV converted.

The car is a lot of fun to drive and after having driven it for many months, driving an ICEV is unpleasant. EVs drive very smoothly without all of the acceleration or deceleration lurch of an ICE drive train. There's no power lag, when I drive an ICE now I have to remember about the power lag and it's frankly annoying.

EVs are quiet and it's a little unnerving at first. After you're use to it you notice how noisy ICEV are and it's unpleasant.

ICEV smell, there's no way around it. I had to buy gas for my lawnmower a week ago and I can still smell it in the Leaf. It also struck me as to how dirty fuel stations are, something I never really noticed before. With an EV you avoid all of that unpleasantness and just plug in at home or your destination. If you do have to stop, the charging stations aren't crusted with grime that I assume comes from fuel or fumes mixing with dirty and sticking to everything.

They are more convenient. Routine maintenance is just coolant, battery, and tire checks a few times a year instead of weekly stops for gas and going for oil changes every couple months, on top of other maintenance checkups.

EVs aren't perfect but after having owned one for a few months I definitely won't go back to an ICEV as my daily driver without a fight.

Re:Mercedes-Benz will electrify its entire car lineup by 2022 by aembleton on Monday September 11, 2017 @05:37PM (#15222606)
What car requires an oil change every couple of months?
Re:Mercedes-Benz will electrify its entire car lineup by 2022 by concede_pluto on Monday September 11, 2017 @06:20PM (#15222946)
For every car I ever owned before this year, they recommended an oil change every 3,000 miles (a little more than two months for me) or at most three months. I don't know if they got that much better or the recommendations were loosened to match observed problems.
Re:Mercedes-Benz will electrify its entire car lineup by 2022 by bdibs on Monday September 11, 2017 @06:51PM (#15223160)
Most modern cars can/do use fully synthetic oil, which can last ~10k+ miles.
Re:Mercedes-Benz will electrify its entire car lineup by 2022 by cptskippy on Monday September 11, 2017 @11:00PM (#15224471)
2013 or newer yes, but anything older it's recommended ever 3000 or less.