Auto execs are coming clean: EVs aren't working

Re:Auto execs are coming clean: EVs aren't working by ceejayoz on Friday November 03, 2023 @09:21AM (#38128324)

> The nice thing about fuel cars is you almost never need to think about range beyond the refueling visit to a gas station once every week or two.

If that's your frequency of gas fillups, and you have a garage charger, the same is true for an EV. (If you lived in an apartment where you couldn't plug in regularly, perhaps not.)

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Re:Auto execs are coming clean: EVs aren't working by Dalewyn on Friday November 03, 2023 @09:32AM (#38128477)

Here's the thing: I rarely ended the day on an empty tank. I always ended the day on an empty battery.

So there I was, constantly considering whether the bloody thing had enough range for the day. It's a worry I can do without, and so batteries will need to see exponential improvements before I'll consider one over a good old fuel tank and an engine.

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Re:Auto execs are coming clean: EVs aren't working by ceejayoz on Friday November 03, 2023 @10:35AM (#38129429)

This doesn't make sense to me. Average gasoline-powered car has 300-400 miles range, and you're filling up once every week or two? That implies an EV range of something like 80 miles?

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