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I will buy an EV when they have long enough range that I don't have to insanely spend like 30 minutes recharging while driving back to Indiana
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surely inconvenience is a small price to pay for 30 more minutes away from Indiana
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Khablam posted:You don't mention the local KFC situation at all in this area review. All of the KFC's are KFC/Taco Bell combo locations which is nice because you get to order some chicken soft tacos with a side of hot wings. The KFC in general is not as good as it is in the UK in my experience. They don't have the zinger tower burger out here for example. refleks posted:of course there is. loving tech nerds who want to janitor their piece of poo poo cars This area is known for it's nature loving environmentalists, so that's the majority of people who have them. They buy Tesla's because they're the apple of cars and they don't know any better.
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Apr 1, 2022 21:27
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gently caress tesla the car and the company. theyre the... christian horner of cars
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Apr 1, 2022 21:27
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MustardFacial posted:They buy Tesla's because they're the apple of cars the gently caress
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Cimber posted:Having solar panels on my house makes it worthwhile TBH. Plug in when I get home, don't pay a dime for electricity. That makes a load of sense tbh, are you able to funnel unused power back to the grid for a credit?
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refleks posted:gently caress tesla the car and the company. Yes agreed. Elon poo poo aside, they're poorly built cars and their stance on right to repair is so hosed they make apple look like beacons of hope. The single screen in the middle that shows all of the car information is also stupid. EV's are unquestionably the future and my next car will be an EV, but it won't be a Tesla
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People buy Teslas because there isn't another realistic long range EV on the market right now other than new models from the likes of VW or GM, I'd be shocked if they still have a major hold on that category in a couple years.
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Theophany posted:That makes a load of sense tbh, are you able to funnel unused power back to the grid for a credit? Yeah, net metering its called. In the day I produce electricity and it goes into the grid. Say i make 65 KW/H during the day in excess of what we used during the day. That night when the sun goes down we draw from the grid. Say 20 KW/H of electricity. That extra 45 is applied to my balance that builds up over the 'solar year'. My solar year goes March 21st through March 20th. During the spring and summer months I am constantly adding to my balance, where i will have thousands of KW/H of electricty stored up. During the winter when my panels don't do much I am almost always drawing from the credits I've built up. Come March 20th all my excess KW/H credits are wiped away and I am given cash for each KW/H I have left over (really, a credit to my electric bill) and I start anew. I only pay for the connection fee to the grid, which is 15 bucks a month. That credit I get in march usually lasts me a few months so in April and May I don't pay anything. In august, when all the ACs are running? I'm paying 15 bucks a month on electricity while my neighbors are paying 450. I have not paid more than 15 bucks a month in electricity since 2016. Cimber fucked around with this message at 21:39 on Apr 1, 2022 |
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your friend wicka posted:I will buy an EV when they have long enough range that I don't have to insanely spend like 30 minutes recharging while driving back to Indiana People say this but on the balance of things when you look at all the time you don't have to waste filling up to have to add like 30 minutes to a long trip that you're probably going to take anyways to grab lunch and stretch your legs it doesn't really square with me.
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italian quid posted:People say this but on the balance of things when you look at all the time you don't have to waste filling up to have to add like 30 minutes to a long trip that you're probably going to take anyways to grab lunch and stretch your legs it doesn't really square with me. It's a six and a half hour drive, the Golf can make it on one tank, sometimes I don't stop at all. If I do stop it's for 5-10 minutes at most.
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your friend wicka posted:It's a six and a half hour drive, the Golf can make it on one tank, sometimes I don't stop at all. If I do stop it's for 5-10 minutes at most. But think of how relaxing it is when you have no choice but to sit and wait for 30 minutes.
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I just meant in general never having to deal with a gas station in day to day life. That alone is worth it for me
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italian quid posted:I just meant in general never having to deal with a gas station in day to day life. What the gently caress, where else am I going to get a room temperate egg salad sandwich to raise the stakes on my 4 hour drive home???
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EVs are great if your destinations both have superchargers. If your trip is to a middle of no where small town you can totally still go. But it means a 10 hour roundtrip becomes: Drive 2 hours out of your way to go to a supercharger, fill up there, go to your actual destination, don't drive while you're at you're destination. On the way back drive back two hours out of your way to fill up to full again, drive home. So a 10 hour round trip is actually 15 hours minimum. Realistically the "correct" answer if you really need a car is a used Leaf, then rent a gas powered car for your long trips. Or just buy a V8.
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You guys know you can have more than 1 car right?
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italian quid posted:People buy Teslas because there isn't another realistic long range EV on the market right now other than new models from the likes of VW or GM, I'd be shocked if they still have a major hold on that category in a couple years. Polestar 2: 400km Volvo xc40/c40: 360km Mach E long range: 505km Kia EV6: 400km Hyundai Ionia 5 long range: 480km Audi etron: 357km Tesla model 3: 430km Tesla model 3 long range: 570km Most of them are there or thereabouts.
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Sudden Loud Noise posted:just buy a V8. Unironically
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MustardFacial posted:Polestar 2: 400km That fact that Ford is calling the Mach E a 'mustang' is an abomination to all that is good, Godly and holy.
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MustardFacial posted:Polestar 2: 400km ya its getting there, but talking to the average person their impression generally is that Teslas have the better range.
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Cimber posted:That fact that Ford is calling the Mach E a 'mustang' is an abomination to all that is good, Godly and holy. lmfao if you hold some 60s boomer nameplate as sacred
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italian quid posted:I just meant in general never having to deal with a gas station in day to day life. I barely drive outside of visiting family, which I do like 3-4 times a year at least. That's the vast majority of the miles I have on my car. I've bought gas one time in 2022 and I still have 3/4 of a tank.
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italian quid posted:lmfao if you hold some 60s boomer nameplate as sacred ferrari?
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The mustang name was tainted to gently caress in the 70s and by the fox body mustang tbh.
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mercedes benz more like mercedes BINS
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ArmZ posted:ferrari? They own OP, are you demented???
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italian quid posted:lmfao if you hold some 60s boomer nameplate as sacred So you would be ok with the Ferrari Roma crossover SUV?
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Cimber posted:So you would be ok with the Ferrari Roma crossover SUV? If it was made with Italian passion I'm sure it would be great OP
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italian quid posted:If it was made with Italian passion I'm sure it would be great OP New thread title!
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I was made with Italian passion.
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https://defector.com/formula-one-drivers-sorted-into-sweeties-and-enemies/
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Cimber posted:Yeah, net metering its called. That's actually quite cool that a kWh counts as a kWh regardless of the time it's generated and consumed.
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your friend wicka posted:I barely drive outside of visiting family, which I do like 3-4 times a year at least. That's the vast majority of the miles I have on my car. I've bought gas one time in 2022 and I still have 3/4 of a tank. Sounds like owning a car at all is more pointless than owning an EV
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Low Percent Lunge posted:Sounds like owning a car at all is more pointless than owning an EV It is unfortunate that I live in the US, yes
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The problem with electric cars is while gas has gone up by about 50% here in a year, my electricity costs have trebled.
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italian quid posted:ya its getting there, but talking to the average person their impression generally is that Teslas have the better range. This was a valid argument when a tesla was doing 300km and everyone else was doing like 60. The ranges on EV's are maybe 20% less than your average car (my car on a brimmed tank will do about 550ish km). Unless you're usual car journey is more than 400km but less than 570, then the range difference won't matter much on a day to day basis. Especially when you consider that the car charges when you get home. Imagine walking out to your car every morning knowing you had a full tank.
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I agree with you. But what is truth doesn't equal people's perception of things and people's perception is what has to change for other brands to start moving EVs
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Las Vegas is right up there with China, Saudi Arabia and Baku (and Sochi if it wasn’t for those meddling Ukrainians)
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I rode in a self driving Tesla and it was terrifying. It nearly drove into a solid concrete wall and it couldn’t detect a crosswalk and bollards with the curb jutting out, you know those things designed to slow cars down, so it just went right over the curb and almost hit the bollards. This was my experience in one test drive. Just one. Imagine the poo poo it gets up to when it’s your full time car
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