I used to like hybrids, and obviously series hybrids are the coolest kind of hybrids, but now that I’m driving a budget EV, I honestly don’t see the point anymore. Just get the EV and skip the awkward half-way step that inherits the most expensive and complicated parts from both designs.
Seeing a sleek modern car pull away whisper quiet and then start the ICE 3 seconds later with a stutter and a puff of water vapor from underneath is the most schizophrenic sight, it somehow feels more dated than actual ICE cars.
Unless you live in bumfuck nowhere with expensive electricity, zero solar power and a daily 5 hour commute, an EV will likely work just fine for you.
> Unless you live in bumfuck nowhere with expensive electricity, zero solar power and a daily 5 hour commute, an EV will likely work just fine for you.
Or do not have a garage, driveway, nor any other parking spot besides on the street, so can't charge at home.
Plenty of people in Seattle just run the charging cable from the house across the sidewalk with one of those little ramps over it. And we've got a whole bunch of chargers on electricity poles, they are starting to proliferate around neighborhoods.
> Plenty of people in Seattle just run the charging cable from the house across the sidewalk with one of those little ramps over it.
That only works if you park your car on the same side of the street as your house: that is not true in my case. That charging cable would be running across the road itself.
Our utility poles are also on people's property, so the charging cable would lay across the sidewalk.
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Seeing a sleek modern car pull away whisper quiet and then start the ICE 3 seconds later with a stutter and a puff of water vapor from underneath is the most schizophrenic sight, it somehow feels more dated than actual ICE cars.
Unless you live in bumfuck nowhere with expensive electricity, zero solar power and a daily 5 hour commute, an EV will likely work just fine for you.
throw0101c · · focus · HN ↗
Or do not have a garage, driveway, nor any other parking spot besides on the street, so can't charge at home.
Schiendelman · · focus · HN ↗
throw0101c · · focus · HN ↗
That only works if you park your car on the same side of the street as your house: that is not true in my case. That charging cable would be running across the road itself.
Our utility poles are also on people's property, so the charging cable would lay across the sidewalk.