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xkcd #2948: Electric vs Gas (xkcd.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/17620489

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An idling gas engine may be annoyingly loud, but that's the price you pay for having WAY less torque available at a standstill.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I took a 6 hour trip with my mom, sis and her kids halfway across the country to hit the beaches earlier this month.

I have a diesel car, I could have done the trip both way without stopping at a gas station. I still stopped 20 minutes both ways for a coffee and snacks and stretching my legs.

The charge time is an absolute non issue.

[+] [email protected] -9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yet, people still say it's a barrier to buying an EV. They must be making it up.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Vast majority of people repeat the propaganda they hear without thinking about it.

I also thought that way, and then spent 5 minutes thinking about it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Gas stations attached mechanic shops and then convenience stores even though you don’t spend a lot of time refueling.

Charging centers simply need to do the same. Or restaurants etc need to invest in charging stations.

If you go on a long trip and need to charge, and you can spend that time also meeting your personal needs for food and bathroom? By the time you finish a meal at the attached full service restaurant both your car and passengers will be fully refueled.

Even though I don’t personally own an EV, just a hybrid, that much became obvious as soon as my local grocery added a couple charging spots. Only a couple, but it’s so obvious the answer to long charging times is simply to have something else to do.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

In France on the highways every twoish hours of driving we have a full service stations with gas, small restaurants/coffee shops, kids playgrounds etc.

I'm not sure but I believe it's a legal requirement.

The one we stopped at for my last trip even had a small gym.