Comment on Tesla Cybertruck gets less than 80% of advertised range in YouTuber’s test

• abhibeckert@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Consider a typical afternoon commute for a parent - you go from work to your kids school to some after school activity (different destination every day) to a few grocery stores then back to the after school activity and then finally home.

  Sounds like it’d take about 5 hours with public transit, especially since for some of those you’d literally be getting off the bus stop, then 5 minutes later be back at the bust stop waiting for the next bus. You’re not allowed to just let the kid run off to soccer practice these days - a parent has to actually go in and sign them in. And they won’t let the kid wait at the bus stop either, they will only release the kid from their care when the parent comes in to pick them up.

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• overzeetop@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Not quite. EVs can still do door to door transport, are faster portal to portal, and have a vastly more diverse infrastructure, including the ability to (at least in a limited extent) traverse areas without track or road infrastructure. Public transit is still better, especially for rail, in reducing energy losses due to wheel deformation, reduction of human fatigue and dependence on attentiveness, and in some cases station to station speed and net air resistance per passenger mile. Since this is technology instead of fuckcars, it seems reasonable not to circlejerk too much.

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• NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  only things

  Just to list a few things EVs are good at that public transit isn’t:

  • private transportation that isn’t long-distance, as abhibeckert@lemmy.world’s comment describes
    • less total energy consumption
    • no awful emissions for everyone around you and for yourself, so e.g. inside a parking structure it wouldn’t be so awful to breathe
  • anything you can’t do on public transit, such as:
    • moving small furniture
    • taking your pet to a vet, or anywhere else for that matter (it might be allowed on public transport in certain cases but it would still be much more of a hassle difference compared to normal human taking public transport vs personal car)
  • it’s still good at driving on highways, it’s just better at driving in other scenarios.

  I don’t want a car and I use public transportation, couldn’t let that fly though. EVs have their place. Not to mention electric buses are EVs and are even a better riding experience.

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