Comment on The march towards an all-EV future hit a major roadblock. What went wrong?

• ted@beehaw.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I love my bolt, but most other EVs are not its size. Only the i3 and the Mini come to mind.

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  • coffeetest@beehaw.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There is also the Fiat 500e. Not many of the original ones I think in the US but a new one is coming.

    We have the i3. While we love it and it is by far the best car we have ever had, it is smaller, the looks are polarizing and the range is limited. So even among those it would be a good fit for, there is resistance. It was absurdly expensive new but used are reasonable’ish. And I mean the range is fine for probably almost everyone but you know people are always like, “but what if I want to spontaneously drive across the country?!” as if they will ever do that.

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    • admiralteal@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Rental cars are still a thing. Plus they get regularly cleaned and you aren't responsible for their maintenance/depreciation.

      If you live in a city -- and if you are getting municipal water/sewer, you definitely do -- there's a car rental place close enough that will doubtless be happy to do a same-day rental.

      The car rental may be expensive, but you're comparing it to owning and maintaining that car year-round for those occasional trips. And if that car is anything bigger than a small suv, it doubtless costs more than the EV would've [in real terms](
      And the cost to own an EV is not significantly different than any of these other vehicles: https://newsroom.aaa.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/YDC-Fact-Sheet-FINAL-8.30.23-1.pdf).

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  • dom@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah, but I just mean in terms of a low cost option.

    Most people don’t need a big car for their around town driving. I have a kona ev and it’s not much bigger.

    Having said that, travelling as a family of 3+dog was tricky in the kona so we just upgraded my wife’s ICE to an ioniq 5

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