sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agoCars are like horses: people will soon realise EVs are just better, claims VW bosswww.autoexpress.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square323linkfedilinkarrow-up1323arrow-down114
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minus-squareBytemeister@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·6 hours agoJust get an EV then. Why lug around a gas motor that you don’t need?
minus-squareEndlessNightmare@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoIn contrast to an extra 250 miles worth of batteries that you don’t need?
minus-squareBytemeister@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoYou can get a shorter range EV if that fits your needs. Gas engine just adds weight and complexity.
minus-squareEndlessNightmare@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoThat’s good, until you need to take a longer trip. At which point you can either have the extra batteries or a gas engine. There are arguments for either solution.
minus-squarehcbxzz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-24 hours agoFor those times where you do need to go 1000mi without wasting time at a charge station for hours
minus-squareBytemeister@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoUse a conventional hybrid for that, and you won’t need to lug around a lot of extra battery.
Just get an EV then. Why lug around a gas motor that you don’t need?
In contrast to an extra 250 miles worth of batteries that you don’t need?
You can get a shorter range EV if that fits your needs. Gas engine just adds weight and complexity.
That’s good, until you need to take a longer trip. At which point you can either have the extra batteries or a gas engine. There are arguments for either solution.
For those times where you do need to go 1000mi without wasting time at a charge station for hours
Use a conventional hybrid for that, and you won’t need to lug around a lot of extra battery.