Electric vs Gas
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An idling gas engine may be annoyingly loud, but that’s the price you pay for having WAY less torque available at a standstill.

  • gimsy@feddit.itEnglish
    26·
    12 days ago

    Nope,it’s a problem in many other scenarios

    If i ride to vacation to a country with no charging infrastucture, if I want to ride to the mountains where it is subzero and my range drops dramatically, if I go to a place where it’s 38 deree celsius and I need AC my range is pretty much fucked up… (not to mention that close to remote places like cool beaches there is no charging station)

    If I want to have a road trip… i suddenly becomes a planning issue

    There are still so many things that are complicated by having a EV, and I don’t need the extra complications

    • sour@feddit.deEnglish
      4·
      12 days ago

      So you agree that we should heavily invest in building EV charging infrastructure?

      • oo1@lemmings.worldEnglish
        1·
        11 days ago

        And flood loads of valleys to create massive hydro power stations? Norway’s low density gives it plentry of cheap renewable electricity (per person). In my country we have loads of people living in valleys, so we’d probably not get away with building that much hydro generation capacity.

        Although there’s a whole area called the “lake district” that is literally asking for it.

      • gimsy@feddit.itEnglish
        1·
        9 days ago

        We should slowly invest and push for transition, but the current status quo is for early adopters and enthusiasts IMO

    • Bronzie@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      11 days ago

      Dude…

      Norway is incredibly sparsely populated and has an adoption rate of 80%+. We also have stupid cold winters, loads of fucking mountains and require AC in summer.
      I’ve driven through Europe twice with no more than 2 minutes of planning in an app.

      Your comment makes me think you have no experience with EV’s at all and are spreding false claims.

      There are literally two scenarios where an EV is not better than ICE (if purchased new today).

      One is for people frequently traveling far beyond the cars range and the other is for people without access to AC charging at all.

      And no, I’m not a EV lover/gasoline hater. I ride a motorcycle powered by dinosaur juice too. I just like having 400+ BHP and 700 Nm of torque in a car priced like a Toyota Avensis, and a full tank every single time I leave my driveway with said full tank costing me <$5.

      You should want that too unless you belong to one of the two exeption groups above.