Electric vs Gas
xkcd.com

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An idling gas engine may be annoyingly loud, but that’s the price you pay for having WAY less torque available at a standstill.

  • Nomecks@lemmy.caEnglish
    141·
    5 months ago

    Why do people still pretend it takes longer than 20 minutes to get a 50% charge increase?

    • ShieldGengar@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      106·
      5 months ago

      Because it’s currently easier to find a gas station than a charger that will do that performance. Now I’m willing to wait 8 hrs for 10%, but others certainly aren’t.

      • Nomecks@lemmy.caEnglish
        105·
        5 months ago

        You must live in a red state or the middle of nowhere. It’s easy to find chargers everywhere I’ve been.

        • ShieldGengar@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          72·
          5 months ago

          Yes, my point. I have to charge my car at home because of charging stations are either far, or Tesla owners park in them to do shopping.

          Saying I live somewhere shit doesn’t disprove my point that gas is more readily available.

          • Daxtron2@startrek.websiteEnglish
            93·
            5 months ago

            Yeah because the conservative government of those areas is actively suppressing them from being built.

        • inclementimmigrant@lemmy.worldEnglish
          52·
          5 months ago

          My parents live in the sticks, in a red state, and I have no problem finding charging stations within twenty miles from them.

      • myplacedk@lemmy.worldEnglish
        71·
        5 months ago

        1. I don’t have enough charge for my trip. I’m also thirsty.

        2. I go to a grocery store with a fast charger.

        3. I buy a drink.

        4. I have enough charge.

        If it’s a long trip where I need more charge, I choose a car snack, and I’ll have enough.

        If I’m on an actual long car trip and I want to charge all the way from the warning light to 100%, I will need to eat a meal anyway. I just find a McDonald’s/cafe,/restaurant/whatever with a fast charger, and it’ll be full before I’m done.

        But finding a store/eating place with a fast charger is still waaaay less convenient than just finding a place where I can get diesel in seconds, and find a different place to get drinks/food/snacks.

      • Nomecks@lemmy.caEnglish
        5·
        5 months ago

        Most cars will charge to 80% pretty fast. 20%-70% is really fast on most.

      • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        51·
        5 months ago

        fast charging on modern HV battery packs will get you to 80% from 0 in like 15-20 minutes. I’ve seen lower, but it’s really fucking usable now.