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[Technology Connections] Don't overthink electric car charging (we should be doing it differently) [52:12] (www.youtube.com)
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[–] 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

We all have that brother that whine about limited range but they only ever drive 200km per month

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    it's an IMO valid point to raise if you are very likely to have surprise trips that can take >150km in each direction. Not very hard to achieve in a day of work.
    Additionally the fluctuations of summer vs winter range. Our work EV slashes the summer range of >300km by 0.5-0.6 resulting in a range between 200-180km depending on the temperature and street elevation.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    Yes but how many surprise trip one would usually have? My brother have 1 for about 2 years. It's valid point until one look back on how much they drive, because people usually do that to just spite the *better option. And my country is tropical so no huge temperature swing for now, and distance to desired destination usually about 150km to 300km one way, not to mention there's charging point on highway which you can just let it boost to 80% for about 10-15min, which he would need to rest anyway. His worries of "once in a while long distance trip that can used up all the battery in one go" did not happen for at least a decade now, the most recent one he did is 80km one way.

    It's really depend on the person and they should totally reflect on how they drive before brushing off EV entirely, which he did.

    *good public transport is better.

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