Germany Will Force 80% of Gas Stations to Install EV Chargers

Re:Germany Will Force 80% of Gas Stations to Install EV Char... by traceroute66 on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @06:21AM (#37494788)

> but there are plenty of people .....

I'm afraid you are perfectly demonstrating my point that the pro-EV side contort themselves to extreme levels to try to justify the lack of maturity in EV.

The fact is: I own an ICE car. Whether I drive it 5 miles or 500 miles is irrelevant. I don't have to "plan a little differently" on my 500 mile journey. And I don't have to drive a different car on the 500 mile trip.

As I said at the start of my original post. I am on your side. I want to buy EV. But I suspect, like many others, I look at it objectively and I see that the technology is not quite mature enough. I've no doubt one day it will be, but not today.

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Re:Germany Will Force 80% of Gas Stations to Install EV Char... by jmaker on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @07:18AM (#37495216)

In addition, there’s an immense mental burden on the driver from having to keep track of everything related to charging and planning your trip ahead. And battery capacity degrades over time, too. I have yet to find a reliable wear and tear figure to estimate when to sell the EV.

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Re:Germany Will Force 80% of Gas Stations to Install EV Char... by bryanlarsen on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @10:36AM (#37497324)

What mental burden? I punch my destination into my nav and it tells me if & when & where I need to charge.

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Re:Germany Will Force 80% of Gas Stations to Install EV Char... by robertlagrant on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @07:48AM (#37495469)

I'm not on a side.

I'm just saying there's no point flat out stating that things must improve when a) for a lot of people they're good enough right now, and it's about effort invested vs additional numbers of people to reach, and b) real experts are already constantly working on this.

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