Man forced to ditch $115K Ford EV truck during family road trip to Chicago: ‘biggest scam of modern times’

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• dan1101@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Not having chargers was his fault. The wreck and the body shop wasn’t the trucks fault. The lack of chargers and chargers not working wasn’t the trucks fault. You don’t buy an EV for road trips to anywhere, you have to plan things out. It’s still frontier days. For driving back and forth short to moderate distances they should be great.

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  • masterofballs@exploding-heads.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    You don’t buy an EV for road trips to anywhere, you have to plan things out. It’s still frontier days.

    They are not the best road trip car but they do have their advantages. I’ve plugged up my ev at camp sites and slept in the car. It’s great.

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  • HybridSarcasm@exploding-heads.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    This sounds like ‘victim blaming’.

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    • Aldamar@exploding-heads.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Victim of his own ignorance, so what?

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• Aldamar@exploding-heads.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Sound like propaganda, well done

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  • Lovstuhagen@exploding-heads.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yeah it’s an interesting read through… Yahoo dot com.

    The focal point of conservative propaganda.

    God forbid there are pieces of news floating about that don’t laud Greta as the savior of mankind

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    • dan1101@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      They based it on a Fox News article though.

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  • awwwyissss@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Welcome to Exploding Heads, candidate for worst Lemmy instance along with hexbear and lemmygrad

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    • Lovstuhagen@exploding-heads.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Best instance in the fediverse

      Got all the shitlibs who left reddit because it wasn’t SJW enough seething

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• masterofballs@exploding-heads.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  But Bala was quickly hit with the reality of owning and operating an EV soon after the purchase. The vehicle compelled him to install two chargers – one at work and one at home – for $10,000. To accommodate the charger, he had to upgrade his home’s electric panel for $6,000.

  In all, Bala spent more than $130,000 – plus tax.

  this is insane.

  I bought the Tesla mobile charger for 230$

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  An electrician down the street installed a nema 15-50 output in my garage for 450$.

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  Total: 700$

  some people already have the nema 14-50 port.

  I don’t need a charger at work. Because I charge my car at home. Why is he installing Two outlets? And why does it cost so much?

  Before I take a road trip I will use the super charger map www.tesla.com/supercharger

  and I will bring my mobile charger with me. And it can charge at camp sites and in dryer outlets just fine.

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