• THE_GR8_MIKE@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    You could also be like James May, who daily drives an EV and has a hydrogen car. And also states that the charging takes too long and it’s not convenient for, say, younger people who cannot afford a house. So anyone under 40 these days.

    I’d absolutely get an EV for a daily. But not at the apartment I live at. I literally cannot charge it at home and you’d be wrong if you think I’d go out of my way to have to plan to charge it for longer than it takes to just put gas in an internal combustion car.

    You can be critical of something that you want to succeed. I’m probably most critical of things I enjoy, because I know a lot of them can be better.

    EV adoption should be increasing, especially for normal daily driver cars. It’ll let the weekend cars live longer as well. Win win.

    This is only fresh in my mind because James put out a video, quite literally yesterday, explaining what he does and does not like about his Model 3.

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      6 hours ago

      You’ll notice I did not argue against that point at all, not having charging at home is a huge downside and would play a big part in if someone should buy an EV or not.

      “OuR gRiD cAN’T taKE iT” on the other hand is not a valid argument

      • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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        4 hours ago

        What would happen if multiple people plugged in toasters every morning at breakfast time? ANARCHY.

      • THE_GR8_MIKE@lemmy.world
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        6 hours ago

        Yes, agreed. That grid nonsense is something you see parroted by people who would never, ever drive an EV in the first place.

        In the words of Gene Wilder, “You’ve got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know… morons.”