Comment on Tesla's European car sales nosedive for fifth month as customers switch to Chinese EVs

• pycorax@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Not super into cars but is there even any reason other than environmental friendliness to get an EV? Where I’m from, EVs are all wildly expensive compared to their combustion peers and they all frankly look really ugly to me. The coil whine of the EVs also drive me crazy.

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  • pennomi@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Even the cheap ones accelerate faster, ride smoother, and are quieter. You don’t have to get oil changes, and the brakes don’t wear down as fast. Plus I can recharge at home, which is loads cheaper than buying gasoline.

    And this is all with a relatively ancient Nissan Leaf, the new vehicles are all far better.

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    • random_character_a@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      My government just added a controversial extra tax on EVs because they tear up the roads and cause additional particles, because they are really heavy and most of them have a better than usual torque.

      You can really see how road quality went to shit after EVs became mainstream.

      Making batteries is also a really ugly business and far from environmental.

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      • orclev@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        That is not even remotely why they added a tax on EVs. The reason they added the extra tax is because they make a ton of money by taxing gas and as EVs are gaining popularity they’re starting to see their tax revenues plummet. There is a nugget of truth in that some of those tax revenues are used to pay for maintaining the roads and that EVs do still put wear and tear on the roads, but it’s not that they’re destroying roads any more than any other car does.

        If you’re seeing a drop in road quality it’s because your government isn’t paying to have the roads maintained like they have in the past, not because there are more EVs driving around.

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      • BakerBagel@midwest.social ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I live in an area where half the vehicles on the road are pickup trucks and giant SUV’S. A KIA EV2 isn’t doing any added harm to the roads here.

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      • Grimy@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I can’t find anything on such a tax?

        I feel like there has been an uptick in pro oil bots in the past week. Oil is a pretty ugly business too? What is wrong with you people.

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  • themeatbridge@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Others have addressed your other questions, but I want to add that the “coil whine” that irritates you is probably the car’s slow-moving warning system. EVs are effectively silent at slow speeds because there is no engine noise or road noise, so they are required to make an annoying sound when maneuvering to get your attention. While it is an important safety feature, I agree some are very obnoxious.

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    • pycorax@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’m not sure if we’re talking about the same sound as it’s so high pitched that most people older than me are unable to even hear it while people my age or younger can clearly identify it. If that’s supposed to be a warning system, it doesn’t seem very good?

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      • themeatbridge@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I mean, it’s also entirely possible you’ve heard a failing magnetic drive, a humming battery, or a squeeky mechanical thing like brakes or bearings. Those are all strong indicators of a significant problem with the car, and should be fixed immediately. But if you hear it every time, as soon as the car starts moving in a parking lot, that’s the safety feature.

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  • Grimy@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    We are in the middle of a crisis. You don’t need an other reason.

    You can either look ugly in an EV or drive straight towards dystopia in a cool looking ICE vehicle.

    What the fuck are these comments?

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    • pycorax@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I mean I’m personally a public transport kinda person. I live somewhere where a car is really just a status symbol since even the cheapest car costs at least roughly 80k USD and most people take public transport.

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  • Theoriginalthon@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    With my cheap over night tarrif (UK) I pay approximately 2p a mile, I’m planning a road trip to Europe soon and have calculated with a pay for discount EV charge card, I’ll average about 14p/mile. I’m saving between £60-£80 a month compared to my old diesel car, which pays off the charger install ~£900 in a year. Diesel price have dropped in the UK since I got mine.

    For servicing it’s coolant every 3 years or so, and that pretty much it. We have a MOT in the UK, for every vehicle over 3 years old, then yearly, that covers more than what is needed on the yearly services for my car. Only thing it doesn’t cover is lubricate the charge port, but I think I’m ok with that

    Also the cabin noise is almost silent, no gears, constant predictable acceleration, and I can plug anything I want in to the 240v outlet in the back seat

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  • Kaboom@reddthat.com ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    They make decent “point A to point B” cars, but that’s about it. They take a long time to charge, and when that battery is due for replacement, it might just total the car.

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    • 14th_cylon@lemm.ee ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      They make decent “point A to point B” cars

      which is, coincidentally, what most people need from a car ;)

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    • Grimy@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It’s been shown again and again that evs require less maintenance.

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