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It's been noted a million times in this thread that it is worse, and why.
But, if it's "better," why is the product going over like a lead balloon to the public?
It has been noted that it is your opinion that it is worse.
Getting an EV now still makes you an early adopter. As car makers replace their caveman ICE vehicles with modern electric ones and people have more choices, I would expect the EV ownership rate to rapidly rise.
It has been noted that it is your opinion that it is worse.
Getting an EV now still makes you an early adopter. As car makers replace their caveman ICE vehicles with modern electric ones and people have more choices, I would expect the EV ownership rate to rapidly rise.
I see. 20 years in, you're still an "early adopter."
Gotcha.
And actually car makers are being forced to offer LESS choices so that the government can force an unpopular product to the be the only game in town.
Toyota Prius. And actually it was launched in 1997, so more like 25 years.
That Prius was decidedly NOT an EV. It was a non-plugin hybrid. So it was an ICE vehicle that got great gas mileage around town because it generated power when you braked. It couldn't go anywhere without gasoline.
Now a plug-in hybrid is actually an EV because it's got a battery that you can charge while the car is parked and then drive around purely on electric. Our Chevy Volt goes between 40-50 miles on pure electric.
That Prius was decidedly NOT an EV. It was a non-plugin hybrid. So it was an ICE vehicle that got great gas mileage around town because it generated power when you braked. It couldn't go anywhere without gasoline.
Now a plug-in hybrid is actually an EV because it's got a battery that you can charge while the car is parked and then drive around purely on electric. Our Chevy Volt goes between 40-50 miles on pure electric.
So? The Prius was at least partially electric and got the ball rolling on them. It was the original "world saver" status symbol and virtue signaler. No one ever said that the first ones would be "fully" electric. That was even more impractical back then.
Today there are far more "hybrids" on the road than fully electric vehicles. Neither is very popular.
And your Volt? What happened to it? Produced anymore?
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