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Blamemeta@lemmy.world 1 year ago
They’re expensive and depreciate quickly, so the budget minded buyer doesn’t want one.
They take much longer to recharge than a ice car takes to refuel, so anyone who likes road trips (or even just day trips) doesn’t want one.
They lose a lot of range when towing, so those who want to tow don’t want one.
They suck to drive, so enthusiats don’t want them.
They’re filled with tech, so non-technical people don’t them.
They’re often hard to repair, so many technical people don’t want them.
Basically just leaves the hipsters.
LrdThndr@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Most of your points are valid, except this one:
Want to know how I know you’ve never driven an EV? You’re just 100% wrong here.
Ive been researching and preparing to buy an EV for a while, so I’ve driven a few, and every single one absolutely blew ICE cars away in terms of acceleration, power, control, and raw speed. I’m not exaggerating in the slightest when I say that I nearly blacked out from the acceleration when a Ford sales guy floored an F150 lightning from a dead stop to show me how powerful it was. Clearly a career as a fighter pilot is out for me.
Tesla, Kia, Hyundai… every one has had incredible acceleration with zero transmission hesitation - because they don’t have one. It’s just raw torque from the top of the pedal to the bottom.