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Re:Why electric cars will take over sooner than you think by Tor3 on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @07:46AM (#27353102)
Where I live it's unlikely that the next car won't be an electric. Everyone I know who bought a car the last year bought an electric. My only concern is that I need a practical car, not something like a Tesla. I need ground clearance, for example (lots of snow here). It looks like that won't be a real problem, or at least it's getting there. At worst it would be a chargeable hybrid.

Charging won't be much of a problem. Chargers everywhere, it seems (last summer's holiday was a long car trip through half the country, due to Covid), and I have 400V 3-phase at home (as most do in this town) so I can get a fast charging station.

And we have charging stations at work already.

I imagine the situation is different in the US, longer distances, for example.

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Re:Why electric cars will take over sooner than you think by theshrike79 on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @09:25AM (#27354037)
Hyundai Kona EV is a good choice, as is the VW ID.4.

There's snow here too and I do just fine with a Hyundai Ioniq.

Also: fast charging at home is completely useless. A 22kW AC charger (which is around 7-11kW actual for most EVs) will charge pretty much any car from 0-100 overnight.

Just a normal plug with 2kW is enough unless you come home with an empty battery every day.

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Re:Why electric cars will take over sooner than you think by solresol on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @07:57AM (#27353205)
The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV might suit you. It's a 4WD SUV. You get 50km of battery range before the petrol motor kicks in, so it has a lot of the advantages of electric without paying all that much more for it.
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Re:Why electric cars will take over sooner than you think by hawk_ on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @08:17AM (#27353360)
does that mean maintenance costs of both the ICE and electrical parts?
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Re:Why electric cars will take over sooner than you think by brightball on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @07:50AM (#27353141)
That new electric F150 looks pretty good for that use case.
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Re:Why electric cars will take over sooner than you think by benhurmarcel on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @10:58AM (#27355338)
It sounds like he lives in Europe, so the F-150 isn't an option. I don't think it's available, and it would be way too large for any use outside the very rural cases.
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Re:Why electric cars will take over sooner than you think by Brakenshire on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @08:07AM (#27353291)
The ID.4 has 8 inches of ground clearance.
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Re:Why electric cars will take over sooner than you think by jnwatson on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @08:37AM (#27353524)
Ford has an all-electric SUV now.
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