More efficient manufacturing, falling battery costs and intense competition are lowering sticker prices for battery-powered models to within striking distance of gasoline cars.
No more than ICEs stay at 95% of the original range at 15 years.
Your argument is based on accepting a hypothetical best case scenario for a random ICE to the worst case scenario for a random EV.
Based on my last two cars apparently being hypothetical best case scenarios, sure.
I look forward to electric cars range continuing to improve, but as long as I live somewhere that range actually matters half of the year I’ll take the current ranges as they work in reality into consideration.
I wasn’t talking about cost, I was talking about the ability to travel a comparable range on a charge. Does battery maintenance keep it at 95% of the original range at 15 years?
Less maintenance and cheaper charging is actually a selling point for electric cars, and I am not disagreeing with that. But a used 15 year old car that has a far lower range than new and will most likely need a new expensive battery replacment within a few years is not the same as a 15 year old car that performs like new and won’t need a massive repair in the near future.
How frequently would someone need to make a 200+ round trip in lousy weather that cuts into the range for them to have a valid reason? Once a month? Every two weeks?
What about people that go to temote areas that don’t even have gas stations? How often do they need to go?
I drove Camry for 15 years with minimal repairs and after 180k miles I was still getting roughly the same mpg and range as when it was new. It was still going fine when I got rid of it becuae our vehicle needs changed, but even if it hadn’t a complete engine rebuild at 300k (if needed) would only be a few thousand dollars or less.
Working down to half the range over a decade and then needing a very expensive repalacement battery is not comparable in any way. I really hope the battery tech keeps improving.
The study made some strong remarks about the kind of people who would modify their car’s exhaust. If psychopathy and sadism aren’t bad enough, apparently loud truck owners would do even worse....
I had never seen one of these before today. They’re great. Way better than reaching for a single pole in a crowded car and wrapping your hand around some stranger’s fingers. And If you have the whole thing to yourself you can hook your arm through it.
Instagram has long been accused of stealing features from platforms such as TikTok, Snapchat, and Twitter/X. It appears that the company has looked to YouTube for its latest idea: unskippable ads that you have to watch for a period of time before being able to scroll further....
An “ad break” icon will appear with a countdown timer that prevents users from browsing through more content until they view an ad, at which point the counter starts running down.
So the user has to interact with the ad prompt, they aren’t just presented with an ad?
I’ll bet local weather plays a big factor in how fast that occurs, like how clothes washers that tend to get stinky a lot faster in hot and humid locations compared to cool and dry ones.
I’ve ran into this situation multiple times at my current and previous jobs. I really want to avoid Windows and use something better, but I can’t live without two external monitors....
You are probably on the right track. Docks have their own limitations on resolution and frequencies, and that might be your chokepoint.
I had a dock for work that only let me do two monitors at 1080 or one at 1440 and the other at 800. They replaced it with a newer dock and now borth are set to 1440.
Is it really crazy that a jackass who constantly abused people throughout his life to lord his power over them would look up to abusive authoritatians?
Many Holocaust museums include the story of Israel’s founding in 1948, depicting the country as a refuge for Jewish survivors. But they often do not mention, or address only in guarded terms, a subject that increasingly interests some visitors: the Nakba, Palestinians’ term for their displacement amid Israel’s founding.
The thing about founding a country somewhere with an existing population is that there is no possible peaceful transfer. It will always be complicated because displacing people is inherently violent, and the founding and continued colonization by Israel is no exception.
Electric Cars Are Suddenly Becoming Affordable (www.nytimes.com)
More efficient manufacturing, falling battery costs and intense competition are lowering sticker prices for battery-powered models to within striking distance of gasoline cars.
Study Says That People Who Like Loud Exhaust Are Psychotic (www.caranddriver.com)
The study made some strong remarks about the kind of people who would modify their car’s exhaust. If psychopathy and sadism aren’t bad enough, apparently loud truck owners would do even worse....
Trump says he's "okay" with jail or house arrest (www.motherjones.com)
GOP senators warn judge against sentencing Trump to prison (thehill.com)
This three-sided pole on an airport tram (sh.itjust.works)
I had never seen one of these before today. They’re great. Way better than reaching for a single pole in a crowded car and wrapping your hand around some stranger’s fingers. And If you have the whole thing to yourself you can hook your arm through it.
Instagram's unskippable ads test causes outrage among users (www.techspot.com)
Instagram has long been accused of stealing features from platforms such as TikTok, Snapchat, and Twitter/X. It appears that the company has looked to YouTube for its latest idea: unskippable ads that you have to watch for a period of time before being able to scroll further....
Making your bed is a waste of time
The only time I make my bed is when I change the sheets. That’s once a week, and I only make it then because my mother instilled it in me....
Two 4k external monitors through a docking station - Why is this seemingly effortless for Windows but basically impossible for Linux?
I’ve ran into this situation multiple times at my current and previous jobs. I really want to avoid Windows and use something better, but I can’t live without two external monitors....
One more day (lemmy.world)
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Cano - The Lactation of Saint Bernard (1645-1652) (lemmy.world)
"britain has no culture" explain this then (files.catbox.moe)
What Trump said about Tiannanmen less than a year after it happened. (pbs.twimg.com)
where I found it: x.com/highbrow_nobrow/status/1737547380713529747
Holocaust museums debate what to say about the Israel-Hamas war (www.straitstimes.com)
What kind of Trek movie is this?!? (files.catbox.moe)
cross-posted from: reddthat.com/post/20098228...
A Guide to Donald Trump's Four Criminal Cases (www.bbc.com)
Donald Trump is heading towards an election rematch with Joe Biden in November, and this time he will do so as a convicted felon.
Gandalf vs Saruman : Your mother (youtube.com)