TBH if your daily mileage is only 30 or so miles, then you can do all of that on an electric bike.
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A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 10 months agoI think this is ignoring the fact that the average americans daily milage is so little (around 30 miles)that an electric car can be topped up off a Level 1 charger. Even more if you can get a level 2 charger.
So for most americans average driving, an electric car would be a boon, even if no independent in the wild infrastructure/charging facilities existed.
Alpha71@lemmy.world 10 months ago
marx2k@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Electric bikes suck in the Wisconsin winter
m0darn@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
I hear that biking in the snow isn’t actually bad. This is hearsay because it doesn’t snow much where I am.
You wear your winter coat and snow pants, and get studded tires.
You don’t have to worry about getting stuck going up an icy hill (because if its too icy to drive up, you can walk up it), granted not likely to be a problem in Wisconsin.
You don’t have to worry about getting stuck due to low clearance (like the snow between the ruts that hatchbacks and minivans get stuck on) because you can just pick up your bike.
Also if a pedestrian slips while crossing the road, you probably won’t kill them if you can’t stop in time.
I guess the wind could be intense. What’s your experience been?
marx2k@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Consider doing any of this in -20F even without the wind chill. Now consider the battery on that bike in those temps.
I’ve had it be so cold outside that the door lock latch on my entryway door for my garage was growing ice crystals. This isn’t a door that’s on the outside. This is the door on the entry from the garage to the house.
Now imagine trying to bike anywhere with that and what is essentially a salt/beet sugar slurry in the roads with no one giving you right of way it even being able to see in front of them because they’re either drunk, on the phone, only cleared a 3" hole in their windshield or “you just came out of nowhere” ;)
But hey, the summers here are kickass
niucllos@lemm.ee 10 months ago
You should be able to, but US non-car infrastructure is so abysmal that there’s a strong chance you can’t safely unfortunately
Nollij@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
Ignoring how that would work even under ideal circumstances, do you propose that large portions of the country use a bike when it’s below freezing? Because that’s a non-starter, and no one will take you seriously.
circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
I currently bike or walk most places, but I also know that’s not a common situation in the US. For me the car is only used for anything far enough away.
Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
I replaced 90% of my driving with an electric golf cart
cantsurf@lemm.ee 10 months ago
OK, but if you live in an apartment, where do you plug in that level 1 charger?
shadowSprite@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I would love to consider getting an electric car whenever I can afford a new(er) vehicle. But there’s no way my landlord will let me run an extension cord from my 3rd story apartment around the building and around the pond between my building and the parking lot. It’s sad that an EV would be so great, but its really a mark of privilege to own both in initial affordability and just having the place to park and charge one. Not that it matters, I can’t afford anything other than my 24 year old Honda.
rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Level 1 charging works off of a regular power outlet
bitwyze@lemmy.world 10 months ago
And if you only have street parking?
rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Is there a power outlet in the street? If not, it would be hard to use level 1 charging and wouldn’t really be relevant to bring up, would it?
Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
Do they make wireless extension cords?
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 10 months ago
an extension cord.
cantsurf@lemm.ee 10 months ago
This is just not a practical day-to-day solution. Most people don’t have a parking spot right outside their window that they can reliably use for charging. There is often a sidewalk that the cord would have to cross, creating the opportunity for someone to trip and sue you. There is often landscaping between buildings and parking, creating the opportunity for the landscapers to accidentally run over your cord with their lawnmower. Some asshole is going to walk by and unplug your car and then you may be late to work.
Sure, you could it, but it’s not a practical solution.
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I mean, sure, when you dont want to do it, its easy to really cook up a convuluted scenario to justify not doing it.