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Jarix@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoSeems worth offering as an option. If you can get 10-20 kms out of the solar panel in decent time it might be enough of an emergency precaution to give people who live outside of cities less reason to poopoo EVs
More like 5-10km, and then only on a sunny day in the sun, which would make the car uninhabitable due to the heat.
Better put a few square meters on the roof and use those instead of the 2-3m² you can place on a car at suboptimal angles and with the requirement to park in the baking sun.
Tja@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
There’s two problems with this:
Panels are not free. They cost money to install, weight to move around, and prevent you from a mega-sunroof that most EVs have.
Second, if you think one inconvenient charge per month will make people outside of cities and disparage (for whom EV already offer the most advantages) change their opinion, I think you will be disappointed. Most of them formed their opinion by “but I don’t wanna!”, not by any logical thinking.
Jarix@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
This is the exact type of gimmick/bullshit they can utilize to convince people to get over irrational fears. Because people are often irrational when making decisions.
But its also tied directly into the fear of running out of juice in the middle of no where. It offers but actually gives people comfort and security. Its really not meant to actually be used.
I absolutely do think it will change enough minds. I work in the industry from the repair side. But also with people who use their vehicle to pay their wage. I know this can work towards removing that part of the equation because there is a TON of people who dont want EVs to replace ICE and they stoke every dumb fear people have. Having the option, however poorly it performs has always been a net postive as long as it does perform the way its supposed to
Good sales people try to understand what is preventing people from making good choices. Bad ones just lie to you.
Additional costs are exactly what people expect to pay extra for ask in think that’s really a moot point beyond getting the amount in the right ballpark.
Tja@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
I appreciate the long form reasoning, but I disagree. People I’ve met that don’t like EVs, they don’t like EVs first, look for a reason later. There is of course a tiny, minuscule minority that do more than 300 miles of driving a day and cannot spare 15 minutes to charge, but that is well under 0.1% of drivers.
Jarix@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Never said it was people who drive high kms a day that has these concerns.
Seems to me we arent disagreeing on reasoning but about different situations. Such is the way of not speaking face to face though.
If it helps im not just making shit up, i sell autoparts to repair shops and have heard these complaints for over 10 years.
Its actually quite fascinating how often people drop the concern im trying to discuss once they start using an ev, or personally know someone who has one and they get encouraged by their persons lack of concern about losing a charge.
I think i wouldnt pay extra for the solar panel version if it was a significant extra cost but if it wasnt too much. (15k for full.self driving which doesnt even transfer to a new owner put the brakes on the failing enthudsiasm i had with tesla when model s was new)