Almost Half of Electric Vehicle Owners REGRET Their Purchase!

The climate cult is about to have the freakout of a lifetime as even their biggest true believers have second thoughts!
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[@brothergrimaldus3836]

The biggest reason not to buy an EV is because the government wants you to.

[@Teixas666]

that + if you actually think about it, what's the point of going for a full EV society where the eletric grids cannot keep up AND the energy is still being produced thru non reneweables AND battery manufacture and disposal is still not up to par AND and htis one is important, you are still being taxed as if you owned a gas powered vehicle EVS as of right now make no sense in most nations where you arent getting your power thru nuclear and the local governement relies on taxation ot mantain roads.

[@stcredzero]

More like the big oil can car companies don't want you to. Most of the articles like this are easily debunked. They just want to scare people off and delay the inevitable.

[@_whitewizard]

I drive a hybrid prius and my car tags are almost $80 more than the gas car i drove because i have to pay for the electrical grid or something and charging stations, but here is the best part my prius doesnt have a charger it doesnt use the grid at all, but i guess i save money on gas either way im being charged(pun intended) for something i don't even use amazing.

[@logandarklighter]

@@_whitewizard I personally would never go full electric - for all the above reasons and many more I could think of. But - I have been tempted from time to time by the idea of a Hybrid. ONLY tempted. I still think the internal combustion engine is king and always will be. But if I had the money to maintain two vehicles plus their insurance costs. I might keep a Hybrid around for daily short to medium distance driving and a heavy duty pick-up truck powered by an IC engine for long-hauls or heavy torque usage. Then again - maybe not. The car tags being more expensive is kind of ridiculous and proves to me that the Elites don't really care about the environment and they don't care about anything being made easier or cheaper for the little guy. They just want their CUT.

[@jmass4207]

*Wants to force on you. Nothing says superior product based on market factors like the government twisting your arm.

[@OneKauz]

The goal was never to get you into an EV It's to take away your ability to move

[@jmass4207]

If you’re a Poor that is. If not they’ll content themselves with tracking everything to do with your driving and reserve the right to control your vehicle remotely.

[@OneKauz]

@jmass4207 everyone but the top .01% of the world will be poor tho under the great reset

[@The-Man-On-The-Mountain]

Exactly.

[@amedeo909]

People dont realize those batteries last only for 2 to 5 years, and cost 12000 to replace.

[@r.c.8268]

EV drivers would like the price of the battery to be only $12,000.00, the only way to get a new battery is to get a new EV in many models, and in some states you need to wait like 6 months to get the new battery

[@andronikoswendsofchange1151]

This. I won't be surprised if between 2026-2030, there will be a lot of articles and social media posts complaining about their EVs dying and not being able to afford a new battery. There were already complaints this past Winter of EVs acting up when the temperature got really cold.

[@merafirewing6591]

You can get a used beater of a car at that price range!

[@stcredzero]

Funny, but I have a warranty out to 8 years, the numbers from the actual cars indicate we're good to go out to 300,000 miles, and no one driving a decent EV expects to need to replace their battery, ever. This article is propaganda and legacy car company misinformation.

[@Swordofswordom]

@@r.c.8268 "Wowzers we get Car 6 and Phone 20 in the same month! I wonder what Car 7 and Phone 21 will have a year from now! 🥴" 😅

[@wrayday7149]

70K for a car with 0 resale value..... can't imagine why they would be unhappy.

[@braddl9442]

I can buy a gas car, drive it for 15 years, still sell it for like 5k at the end of it. You buy and electric it costs you 3 times as much and you cant sell it, WORSE you might have to pay a few thousand for disposal.

[@kizoaoy7423]

Because electric vehicles are only good for leasing. You will own nothing you will be happy

[@MrOiram46]

@@braddl9442Depending on the make and year, you could probably drive it for 30 years and still sell it for 10k 😂

[@zerastardust1712]

Almost half ADMIT regret. So the actual number who regret must be higher.

[@alextrebek8293]

i'm surprised its only half. You might be right that its a lot higher. People don't like to admit they made a dumb move especially if others warned them before hand

[@thechuckjosechannel.2702]

Its never enough for the Woke cult.

[@galeseiker3549]

''You'll own nothing and be happy''.

[@midnightdusk5037]

Billions of dollars and only SEVEN stations? Alright, where did the money go?

[@Kevin-pf2ig]

Ikr?

[@matsuringo24]

To the tiny hat men and their sand people war.

[@madmanmark08]

Don't buy EV: 1. Low recharge infrastructure 2. Increase cost for repair/maintenance/insurance 3. Security/hacking issues

[@caveatlector2671]

4. Greater wear and tear to roads due to EV's excessive weight. 5. Diminished tire life also due to increased vehicle weight. 6. Long trips inconvenience. 7. Battery degradation over time... longer recharge times, lower energy density retention and release ability. 8. Exorbitant battery replacement costs, which is an expense above and beyond regular repairs and maintenance.

[@madmanmark08]

@@caveatlector2671 yes 🤴

[@pegeta]

don't forget the battery price

[@spacedinosaur8733]

Plus don't forget increase of your electric rate.

[@Parlimant_Strifey]

@@caveatlector2671 really sounds like a modern cell phone. Good joke.

[@aldaoroman]

Virtue Signalling Tax is expensive AF.

[@thechuckjosechannel.2702]

Thanks Brandon.

[@codym5352]

Imagine spending 50k on a EV and then 5 years later you realize you have to spend 20k for a new battery and that you'll have to do that every 5 years till you get rid of it. And then imagine you'll have to do that for the rest of your life because you demanded gas vehicles be banned because you wanted to feel " morally" superior to the filthy poors who can only afford a 1k car they hope will last them the next 5 years

[@elgatochurro]

1k... For a car???

[@RiskOfBaer]

@@elgatochurro Not unfeasible, depending where you live of course. I could buy a small, drivable used car here for an equivalent of 1000 dollars. But for that price it would expect it to last me exactly 5 years, it'd be an old one.

[@TUXmint]

My 25 year old diesel Renualt cost me 700$ last year. Still runs fine, had to buy parts for 100$ to repair it after a year. Even if electricity was free it'd still be cheaper to drive it than paying 20k for a battery replacement.

[@MrBentham]

15 min cities will fix all this. So sayeth the spider.

[@KaeYoss]

Ah, the magical 15 minute city that doesn't need outside support. Because It Just Works

[@MrBentham]

@KaeYoss "What are you doing outside of your district, citizen?" *Blam-bla-blam-blam*

[@MrOiram46]

@@MrBenthamMe after being 15 minutes and 0.0000000001 seconds away from the city center:

[@Code7Unltd]

Sounds like the entire EV market is the prime case of "Leopards ate my face".

[@georgeelliott6877]

No charging stations for you! They stopped building them last July. Where did that money go? It was part of the Build back better package, and the states were supposed to build EV chargers at an 80 percent government subsidized rate.

[@Code7Unltd]

To the "big guy", or to keep Zelenskyy quiet.

[@ghoulbuster1]

It went to the same place it always goes, Isreal.

[@robertgrays8790]

Thieves keeping thousand-dollar EV cables to sell the copper for $15.

[@Antiquitycar]

Greta Thunberg convinced me to never buy an EV.

[@fearthehoneybadger]

Child labor is used to mine raw materials for the vehicles.

[@coutiya2007]

awesome

[@EUGENIUS60]

😂 😂😂

[@RiskOfBaer]

You'd be surprised how many things you use involved child labor at some point. Or maybe you wouldn't.

[@fearthehoneybadger]

​@RiskOfBaer Yeah. I'm sure you keep buying these things despite knowing about it.

[@MarsGundam]

Also keep in mind in cold climates your car will charge slower and if you're caught in a blizzard in one you're fucked.

[@willyjimmy8881]

And if you take off on vacation the batteries will self discharge acter a whike to protect themselves. So all those electrons you paid for just magically disapear and you get to buy more.

[@Arassar]

And the other half are LYING.

[@pegeta]

imagine your battery costing as much as your vehicle.

[@jmass4207]

They certainly cost more than mine.

[@Hermitstatus]

Dont forget that states with colder climates will kill the EV batteries.

[@MK_ULTRA420]

States with hot climates prevent the EV from starting due to overheat. Like, Arizona summer levels of hot.

[@LeeroyPorkins]

Unknown to Speed! Racer X is really Speed's older brother Rex who ran away from home years ago!

[@KingFlameHawk]

Lies and slander

[@SkellyTonn]

[You don't say!🤔💭]

[@SageofCancer]

Bro be dropping decades old spoilers and I’m 🤣

[@MagicSteel1]

whoa half of the people still smoking copium eh?

[@NeoVault_]

Knew these vehicles were garbage the moment I heard they take 1 hour to charge. Say goodbye to road trips. Infrastructure doesn't support EVs.

[@XperimentorEES]

Isn't it interesting how the only countries below 40% are ones that already have invasive surveillance &/or abusive governments . . . It's always been about control, knowing where you are and where you go, all the while being able to remotely decide whether or not your car even functions.

[@richardlee653]

To be fair, electricity isn't a bad option for powering model trains.

[@MetaLord395]

Talk about buyers' regret.

[@DaremoKamen]

I remember a Scotty Kilmer video about European auto makers getting rid of gas engines, and he predicted that they would just rebrand them as 'range extenders'. "Honest! It's an all electric car! With a 'range extender'!"

[@LuigiTheMetal64]

EV cars cause the worst fires because you need a C fire extinguisher to put out the electric flames. The A one for trash fires, and the B one is for gas fires.

[@warbunny13203]

there are abc extings to handle all three, there is d which handles flamable powders, while im at it there is an ab one as well🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🇺🇲🦅🇺🇲

[@TRENCHESandTREADS]

Firefighter here, this isn't really correct. You're right that Type C extinguishers are what's used to put out electrical fires, but EVs aren't suffering from an electrical fire, they're suffering from Thermal-Runaway, which is extremely difficult to drown out since the effect is occurring deep inside the battery (which is enclosed) which means you can't cool the fire from the outside, you have to use a piercing nozzle or hack into a burning compartment to get at the battery. It's why the most efficient means of putting out an EV fire is to clear the surrounding area and let it burn itself out. Warbunny is also correct, most fire extinguishers already come in ABC format so that itself isn't really the problem.

[@LuigiTheMetal64]

@@TRENCHESandTREADS Thanks.

[@Freedomcustom]

Who knew a prototype vehicle would be an expensive liability? EV's were never going to be reliable replacements for current vehicles due to multiple issues

[@Andyisgodcky]

Aw, their status symbols aren't conferring enough status? Oh no!

[@elgatochurro]

Government: we'll give you an extra 8k for your EV purchase EVs: the price just increased by 8k! Exploitation

[@Itsallover57]

A friend of mine is a liberal who works from home, doesn't like to leave his house and is basically rich. He loves his EV but it couldn't have been more made for him if they put his name on it.

[@Sgt_Turkigreyvi]

We dont produce enough electricity ti have everyone go full electric. Then we would have to build more dams and wind turbines.

[@dagrumblers]

I don't plan on supporting slavery, so I'm not buying an EV.

[@s13gouf60]

Like all things it's a simple cost benefit analysis. The negatives far outweigh the positives.

[@speeddemon7678]

Yeah, I think I'll stick to my old malibu, thanks.

[@plumaDshinigami]

If they truly cared for the environment, they'd stop building windmills which kill birds, require lots of land which could be for wildlife, and are incredibly difficult to recycle. Same with solar panels.

[@Djiimon]

At least solar panels can go on buildings.

[@warbunny13203]

and have you ever seen what happens when a windmill malfunctions? it's not pretty🤔🤔😞😞😞😞🇺🇲🦅🇺🇲

[@shawnm1902]

Technically, if the building was designed with the idea of mounting a raised pillar for the Windmill it'd be possible (think high rises). Compared to the cost of solar panels, it wouldn't be worth it.

[@Teixas666]

if they actually cared aboutthe enviroment , most nations would be pushing nuclear programs for energy production to suport existing hydro/wind/soalr production and truly phase out fossils in a way thatmakes sense. as of right now using an EV is just shifting the energy usage from gas, to fossil fuel burning in power plants and the proof of how dumb thishwole thing is is seen on the fact EV owners are taxed just as badly if not worse than owners of gas vehicles.

[@Teixas666]

@@shawnm1902 sounds like a nightmare in cities where you may need clear airspace for air traffic.

[@syko2164]

I do not regret buying my 2023 GR86.

[@pressb]

Almost half will admit they regret their purchase, wonder how many won't admit it?

[@pattonramming1988]

Who in their right mind would buy an electric vehicle

[@nerdicusdorkum2923]

I can only think of 1 good use for an electric vehicle, and it ironically comes from the countryside. Granted, it would be as a secondary car to the nearby town when you don't need to haul a shit ton of farm supplies, and where you still drive less then once a day. Having your own home be a gas station is a surprisingly awesome upside. But as they are now, I can not see them being functional as primary, daily use vehicles. Especially in shithole big cities where god knows if the crimers have vandalized your charging spot, or god forbid your ride itself from being unattended for 6+ hours.

[@Xedric-0]

I own an electric car and I'm part of the half that doesn't regret it. But I actually thought about it and planned accordingly. 1. I bought one with an on board generator. 2. I didn't buy it for environmental reasons, I bought it because I wanted my short commutes to be free. 3. I didn't spend more than 20k. People who buy pure electric and think they're saving the planet are idiots. I'm saving my wallet on gas costs and I don't give a shit about all the environmental bullshit that goes into my car.

[@dwood78part23]

There's a Future for EVs. But we're decades away from them being as good as the gas powered ones. If anything, we need to fight the attempt by the state to force EVs on us before the technology for them as good enough to replace gas ones.

[@shawnm1902]

Be better off with a hydrogen based separation for water in a self contained loop, with a hybrid electric battery/engine.

[@warbunny13203]

much longer for ev-semis🤔🤔😞😞😞😞🇺🇲🦅🇺🇲

[@Teixas666]

there is a future, but right now pursuing EVs without adressing the issue of energy generation and storage makes no sense financially. if you are still getting your power from burning fossil fuels and your eletric girds cannot support a full EV fleet pushing this is entirely in the name of lining someone's pockets.

[@jmass4207]

They think forcing it on us prematurely will accelerate the progress, which may or may not be true. But developing things a few years faster isn’t going to avert their climate apocalypse and will cost ordinary folks tremendous amounts of money and headache (and the poorest get the shaft as always with such “high minded” thinking).

[@randomprotag9329]

their future is as a niche use type. they are good for bus systems as bus systems are unflexible always planned by definition so it does not matter that they can't do unplanned journeys wise and buses go set conistent routes.

[@johnf7683]

Hybrids are a good deal, though. I get better range in my Honda Accord Hybrid (600 miles) than my old Accord, I don't have to worry about chargers, and I average around 50 mpg. If you lease Hybrids, you don't have to worry about changing batteries. Win/Win!

[@SpartanTrigger]

The ones near me I barely see people use the chargers as well as in the city the chargers are broken and have parts stolen to sell

[@caveatlector2671]

A futuristic infrastructure along with a neandertal population where law and order is the very last priority of those in charge cannot coexist; it will always be financially unsustainable and/or fail outright.

[@Narof321]

they steal that valuable copper out of the charging stations

[@matsuringo24]

About a decade ago I was living with my parents when they bought a barely used Nissan Leaf with an auto loan. I borrowed it one day to go to work and on the way back someone T boned me, totaling the car. My dad was so relieved to hear the car was totaled because he was regretting the hell out of getting it, being unable to drive very try far, the recharge time etc. probably the best accident I’ve ever been in lol

[@joedarkness808]

Japan doen't have a large group of EV owners it's has a boatload of Hybrid cars in Tokyo there is no where to charge .. most apartment buildlings car parking are lifts which aren't suitable for charging bays

[@mrnewbie6683]

This is why research is important.

[@adamwelch4336]

⚡ cold weather in my state is not going to work out for people with electric cars we only have two charging stations in town anyway!

[@dsadik666]

No refunds. Bernie sanders 2016 and 2020

[@xyketh0n]

They don’t like their new toys? Will nothing be enough?

[@jacknifebarca7763]

How much is the range on those EVs are anyway? I got 30 minutes drive to my job, then I work 12 hour days. I just don't trust EVs in my situation.

[@legiran9564]

Range in IDEAL conditions. Like accelerate ONCE to 20 to 30 mph and stop ONCE, ONE driver no additional luggage, passengers or groceries for weight and complete flat road, no hills, no potholes and zero wind and average room temperature. Then you get de manufacturers range. Fair to say that range will NEVER be achieved in real world conditions.

[@LucasCunhaRocha]

I live in Rio and some people here are already getting one here, it kinda makes sense here since Rio is a very compact city. I also visited Fortaleza in 2018 and they already had a bunch of electric charging stations there. But yeah, EVs are not for everyone, I think they are really good for city commute and "casual" driving, but other than that you are better off with hybrids/ICE. Also Brazil has ethanol and natural gas as cheap alternatives for fuel, so for now EVs will have to get cheaper to appeal to the consumers here.

[@Jeikobu]

I think the push should be to perfect hybrids and subsequently drive prices down so people can afford them. Full EV has too many growing pains currently to even consider them in my opinion.

[@alphamarigi]

My dad loves all the bells and whistles of the Tesla

[@mathiask7959]

I think I’ll keep my 20yr old pickup Maintaince is cheap and it doesn’t have miles of wires in it

[@SArthur221]

... the rest haven't had to replace their batteries yet

[@xdfeverdream8122]

No refunds.

[@wrongthinker843]

The depressing part is that the other half are in the clutches of sunk cost fallacy with their hunk of junk.

[@nerdicusdorkum2923]

Electric vehicles seem like the early access of motor vehicles. Complete with about all the expected bullshit of such.

[@theaverageDon]

One of the present ironies of owning an EV, if gas prices begin skyrocketing, thus causing electricity costs to go up, so too does charging your EV 🙄😮‍💨💀

[@vedymin1]

The ther half just hasn't confessed yet.

[@matt.random8473]

Long live ICEs

[@knote4958]

Initially, part of what made EVs "cheaper" to own was not having to pay the road tax, since the road tax was directly tied to gas sales. That's gonna change real quick as lawmakers finally catch up and implement that mileage tax. Then there's also the fact that electricity used to be cheaper, but now that electricity usage is going up with increased summertime AC usage and more EVs putting strain on the grid, utility companies are gonna be raising rates to compensate for the demand (if only people took an economics class once in their lives, then they'd know how supply & demand works). There's not gonna be a silver bullet solution because the toll has to be paid somewhere. Cash, gas, or ass, nobody rides for free.

[@takarahayashi4124]

nowadays there's just as many people who live in apartments as they do houses, so it's completely impractical even more so to own an electric car.

[@caveatlector2671]

Personally, I would never park an EV inside a house's garage; if anything went wrong during manufacture or through use and that battery goes off like a plasma torch your home is toast... literally.

[@takarahayashi4124]

@@caveatlector2671 also i saw someone doing a cost comparison to gas vs electric, electric is like 30% more expensive to get a "full tank"

[@randomprotag9329]

even if they do fix the charging station problem, theres one inherent problem to EV's they are non suprise trip cars, they work well enough for trips which are repeated at a regular interval where they can be slow charged ahead, outside of that they have issues with charging quickly for unplanned trips. coparing to petrol/desiel they are just an extra cost and maybe an extra trip to the petrol station.

[@Kos4Evr]

I support electric vehicles IN THEORY. I acknowledge the potential if sustainable energy every becomes practical. I also acknowledge the necessity if we are to ever colonize other planets. However the reality right now is that they are not practical for any long term use as most electric grids cannot support them in addition to needing more power plants to supply the energy needed to charge them. Hybrids are the best alternative if you are worried about carbon emissions.

[@KingofStreet3]

Meanwhile my dumbass wants to turn an old van into electric but have a maybe 1KW battery as auxiliary/main power while it runs on a a diesel generator (kinda like a train)

[@viquezug3936]

What do you mean by "1 kW battery"? Isn't it unusual to qualify batteries in terms of power, as opposed to potential or charge?

[@KingofStreet3]

@@viquezug3936 gotta make several 18650 battery packs in series to collectively be 1KW, down side is it might have enough amperage. So a diesel generator that’s has 2 alternators to juice the driver terrain and batteries. I gotta math this out.

[@viquezug3936]

@@KingofStreet3 I straight up need more context. Are batteries even really limited in terms of current? I know they have a maximum charge, expressed in coulombs or ampere-hours, and a potential, which is basically constant, expressed in volts, but what's the point of kilowatts? Do you mean "kilowatt-hours", which is a unit of energy, as opposed to "kilowatt", which is a unit of power?

[@KingofStreet3]

@@viquezug3936 yeah kWh is what ima need to make up. Some 18650s are maybe 30A

[@NakkiNyan]

They need to make EVs like diesel electric trains. Gas generator to charge batteries. When they dip below a certain amount the generator kicks in. It solves almost all issues. 1 No supercharging reduces battery wear and easier on the grid, 2 less batteries = less weight less battery cost, less tire replacement 3 if the battery wears down to 100 miles it is still usable so a $1000 battery could last a decade 4 the generator could be used to warm the battery and run the motors if the sensor reads low temperature -we already use the engine heat to warm the cabin if you have heat on. 5 easier to seal everything so salt water wont be an issue

[@jaegerbomb269]

😆 🤣 😂

[@atomicskull6405]

My brother doesn't regret it but that's because he works for the state as a chemist and between the subsidy and equity in his current vehicle it was basically free, and he gets to charge it at work for free. Even he admits that "yeah this is bullshit but I'm sure as hell not going to turn it down"

[@esredarksun]

My uncle has a country place that no one knows about...

[@midnightdusk5037]

Also, is no one going to mention that these charging stations are useless when it gets cold enough in winter? And that the cold stunts a full battery's range?

[@jeffsmith8197]

The fire hazard from the batteries is huge. There are many public parking garages and HOAs that ban EVs from parking inside a structure. Then there are the copper thieves cutting the charging cable off of the stations. If the charging station is near a blue-hive democrat-run hell-hole you will be lucky to find a working station.

[@johnnormington1311]

Just bring out the Retro Futuristic NVs(Nuclear Vehicles) already!

[@liamc4113]

It has good use case for 15-min-cage.

[@kellymcdermott2546]

@1.35, the reason australia is going back to petrol cars is because the electricity price is sky high and climbing combined with poor charger coverage, This combination makes EVs much less economic.

[@CommanderSix]

Everyone except Tesla. Especially with their SuperCharging network.

[@ANTH00NY]

I love laughing at EV owners. It was a obvious scam if you understand how batteries work + electricity pricing

[@merendell]

Really stupid that they pushed to electrify full vehicle replacements. They are heavy and take a ton of charge to haul that much around. Might have wrorked if they aimed for something small and inexpensive to use as a local runabout and leaving the longer distance stuff to a normal car.

[@nuclearmedicineman6270]

If you run out of electricity, you can't just walk to the nearest gas station with a can and buy a couple of gallons of gas to get your car going. You can't even push an EV to a charging point, you need a flatbed tow truck. And it's not just that they're expensive to maintain.. that battery is going to be dead in about 3 years, a new battery will cost more than the car is worth.

[@BigMobe]

EVs only make sense in inner cities with relatively stable and mild temperatures most of the year. Anywhere else battery tech is not a good idea. Extreme heat can cause a fire and extreme cold destroys their charging and discharging capacity. I would go for hydrogen fuel cell power if that became popular but Li-Ion no way.

[@TUXmint]

Biggest issue i see is that while EVs are great for shorter distances, aka, driving around in a city. City people live in apartments and will have to pay exorbitant markups to recharge in public recharging stations thus taking away the only advantage (low "fuel" price) EVs are only great if you live in a city, can afford a new car, can afford to replace that car every few years when the battery goes bad, have a house with a garage and live in a place with a vast surplus of power production.

[@sir.raphimrevelator8644]

EV investors want you to buy into climate change so you will buy EVs. 😂

[@asmkalrizion7078]

This is why PHEVs were always the future, all of the benefits of electric, none of the drawbacks. Only drawback to PHEV is that it has to fit basically two weaker engines into one car, but the vast majority of car owners don't need a race car, nor to tow 5k lbs.

[@raixuh]

Honestly, the only way for EV be adopted is slowly, not forced Just like the cars were adopted slowly, so will be eletric cars🦉

[@Swordofswordom]

Hybrids are interesting, you get vintage ICE cars older than many people that work given some care. These electrics have this Silicon Valley culture where they have a few things you want, a few dozen things you don't and are ironically disposable. I get to wondering if making fuel-grade oil would be easier than these electrics.

[@RiskOfBaer]

I always saw EVs as an absolute win. Less idiots driving normal cars, more gas for normal people.

[@jamoecw]

They need to make an EV that runs on water. Technically any liquid will to, and if it can promote plant growth then even better. Once we get that then everyone will want an EV.

[@ashsilverwizard3275]

It would be interesting to break down that poll between Tesla and non Tesla. The majority of those are expensive at best and lemons at worst. The non Tesla chargers are notoriously bad as well.

[@Sight-Beyond-Sight]

I like the electrics (the idea as I do not own one) for your local commuter. Otherwise I am trying to get my hands on a 15 passenger Ford Transit XLT for the many road trips I am planning.

[@KaeYoss]

I don't do long drives. Charging the car over night works just fine. Still not gonna get an EV. Once the battery's done, you can basically scrap that thing, since the battery almost costs as nuch as the car itself. I'll stick to ICE till they figure out how to make EVs viable.

[@user-th7nm3ug7k]

They’re coal powered toys

[@konstantinkunz2256]

Actually germany is way higher. There the people are so unhappy, that the forced obsolation of pure gas engines in the EU is delayed by a decade and it is even questionable if the law will now pass through.

[@kon-lun-os-kuh-pee571]

I’m not against ev the technology just isn’t thier yet

[@bmetalfish3928]

ev's are stuck at what pre model T cars where, expensive toys you need staff for. From a non engineer standpoint, stations where batteries get taken out and replaced seems like the a good idea, But I feel they over complicate things and wont accept the industry standardisation for that to come about.

[@mukiex4413]

I don’t regret mine but anyone who thinks they’re zero-compromises or that Cali isn’t gonna eat shit in 6 years when they try to ban gas vehicles hasn’t actually ever owned one. The range isn’t there yet and I don’t see it on the horizon. It’s part of why I stopped watching EV channels; they refuse to acknowledge reality.

[@sebsunda]

Electric vehicles are great for some applications if the infrastructure support it... It will be even better if we can pair it with full self-driving.. However, just like "renewable" energy, we will need to be wiser by matching the right technology to the compatible geography. That is the message that is lost with the hard core green people...

[@merafirewing6591]

Honestly what were they thinking, the electric vehicle is always a novelty, nothing more nothing less. Even if these governments already succeeded their plan of eliminating the internal combustion engines, there's always the horse and buggy that is still reliable.

[@user-ef9hr8vh6l]

It doesn't take much to figure out how much of a crap Deal Electric Vehicles are, but Honestly if the they actually bothered to make a Real Decent EV that actually is worth it, All I'd need is SolarPanels and the Government would never See Me Ever Again!!!! Maybe in another 7-15 years when I need to buy more Batteries for my EV

[@SaotomeKun97]

Just put the blame on OEMs. They make it so that replacing stuff on their things is hard, batteries included. If they just allowed batteries to be replaced much easily, they could create a battery swap-n-charge network or something.