For short commuting around town electric cars are perfect for that role. While the tech is still maturing and getting better, you still need an ICE car as your main, at least where I live.
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TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I was thinking about the fact that it is nearly 2025, and we still drive gas powered vehicles. Electric vehicles have been viable since at least 2005, our government just refuses to force the issue— meanwhile, the world burns. Humanity, as a whole, absolutely deserves all the shit that is coming our way.
Pilferjinx@lemmy.world 5 months ago
gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
Seriously doubt that, honestly, unless you’re VERY rural and/or cannot charge at home
I drive 45 miles each way for commute to work in a 2018 EV that has half the range a modern one does.
I make it home with plenty of charge to still get around town for groceries or what have you, and if I go more than 130-150 miles in a day I can stop at a quick charger for 10/15 minutes and have ~50 miles more range to play with
Pilferjinx@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I live in the Kootenays Canada. We don’t have charging stations in most of the villages. The very cold winters wreck havok on these machines even without blasting the heater.
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
Electric cars are just becoming viable in the US. Previous to recent years, you could have easily been stuck in a ~n/2 mile radius of your home, if there was no charging station within n miles, where n is the max distance your vehicle can travel in a charge. The infrastructure just wasn’t there, and still isn’t in many places.