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EVs bad! Be very afraid!

Full fag disclosure: On my second EV in five years. This is how it goes: Boss asks me what car I'd like for the next three years, I tell him, he takes care of it (within reason). Three years is the usual leasing interval.

I drive to work and back every day and once or twice a week I plug into a bog standard outlet in the morning and unplug nine hours later. Tank is full, great.

With my previous Infernal combustion cars I filled them up, saved the cash register slips and had the financial housekeepers give me cash or transfer the money onto my cashing account. With a company vehicle, it doesn't matter if the cost is gas or electricity.

Why have them get an EV, then? For me, the answer is... Nice ride. Doesn't have anything to do with green shit, climate shit, shit shit. :)

Don't dash 'em if you haven't tried 'em, you precious fuddy duddys. Luddites.

Full fag disclosure: On my second EV in five years. This is how it goes: Boss asks me what car I'd like for the next three years, I tell him, he takes care of it (within reason). Three years is the usual leasing interval. I drive to work and back every day and once or twice a week I plug into a bog standard outlet in the morning and unplug nine hours later. Tank is full, great. With my previous Infernal combustion cars I filled them up, saved the cash register slips and had the financial housekeepers give me cash or transfer the money onto my cashing account. With a company vehicle, it doesn't matter if the cost is gas or electricity. Why have them get an EV, then? For me, the answer is... Nice ride. Doesn't have anything to do with green shit, climate shit, shit shit. :) Don't dash 'em if you haven't tried 'em, you ~~precious fuddy duddys.~~ Luddites.

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[–] [deleted] • 3 pts

My understanding is that electric motors are better than petrol engines, but liquid petrol is better than a lithium ion battery

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Pretty much. Diesel trains use electric motors because they have significant advantages

But from empty to full, you can't beat filling a tank of gasoline.

If/when I can fill a tank with electricity in 2 minutes tops I won't care, although I will have to assume that in addition to all the helpful computer shit, there will be spyware, remote control/killswitch. I may not be capable of doing much work on a gasoline car, but I can't do ANY work on an electric car, and less on a computer

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Depends on the application, a turbine engine most likely can't be beat for compact power output.

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Correct. EVs are more energy efficient. Batteries are crappy for the application, are very expensive and energy intensive to create or replace, and basically mean cars won't be on the road after 15 years or so because of batteries. No one is buying a $5k-$8k car, and then spending another $20k in batteries, plus another several thousand to the car manufacturer for the privilege of them monitoring you, so you can use everything you already purchased. It destroys the used car market.