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[–] 10 points 48 minutes ago (1 child)

As an EV owner, I have a bit of a mixed bag when it comes to people's opinions on EVs here. Many will approach me to genuinely ask about the car, the range anxiety, recharge, etc because they are curious and thinking on getting one.

Then there's "the others". People who for some weird reason hate EVs (especially now that gas is over 2€/lt) will approach me to throw hate on them parroting the usual silly remarks about battery degradation, range, lack of "engine sound"... And it's funny because I never open up a conversation about my EV, you won't see me trying to forcefully talk about it... so when I tell them that I don't care if they like EVs or not, they get even more pissed because they just want to shit on them and hope that I get upset or something? Idk, in Italy there's this kind of people who need to show others how noisy their car is and how manly they are for driving a car that is noisy.

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  • [–] 1 point 40 minutes ago (1 child)

    Have ya see much difference between Chinese EVs and European ones? I'd like to get me a BYD but it seems very expensive here.

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  • In price? To have a car that had a similar amount of equipment than my atto3, the average difference between the atto and the european brands was around 6-8k euros. And that's just considering the ADAS (like 360° cam, park sensors, autoswitching beams, etc). If I wanted an euro car with all the other "silly" things like the opening roof, the heated wheeldrive and seats, etc, we were going to almost 10k more expensive.

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  • [–] 4 points 28 minutes ago (1 child)

    I'll buy an EV when I find a reputable manufacturer that isn't microtransacting or requires to have a "smart" system installed in it.

    same goes for any non-ev built after 2013.

    I want a car, not a device.

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  • [–] 6 points 44 minutes ago (1 child)

    We rented an Ionic 5 for the weekend and I will be going back to gas because... uh, it's rented.

    Real talk, though, we're trying to find a good EV because it is better. I don't particularly like the Ionic 5, but that's mostly a hatred for crossovers than anything; also the severe lack of clicky buttons and stuff like automatic mirror dimming that isn't working right. Ugh.

    I just wish we had more options in the States, especially without the touch screen nonsense.

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  • One of the reasons I got my BYD was because of the clicky buttons. Yes, I have the big touchscreen, but all the car controls have a clicky button that I can feel and touch without looking at a screen. Hell, even for the things that don't have a clicky button (like A/C temperature) you only need to swipe up or down with three fingers on any part of the screen to adapt it so there is nothing you need to find in the screen to drive the car.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 minutes ago

    I will go back to gas for one reason only. I want a backup bush truck with little to no tech in it so if shit goes south I still have a vehicle that can't be shut down easily and fixed easily.

    Just have to find the right Tacoma, T100, or 4Runner.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 hour ago

    That’s a lot of percent.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 hour ago (1 child)

    However, 100% of fossil-based vehicle drivers will end up driving EVs.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 hours ago (4 children)

    Uhh on what sites? Every driver I talk to online or otherwise have nothing but praise for EV.

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  • [–] 4 points 53 minutes ago*

    Yes. Drivers.

    But the online mediasphere is chock-full of EV haters regurgitating propaganda about how they’re worse for the environment, the posters suddenly care about child labor in foreign countries, and then there’s the regressive mentally 14 year old tools who can’t handle a car that doesn’t spew noise and exhaust everywhere to make people look at them because that’s a real car. But none of them have owned an EV.

    I’m a big car fan, but the majority of car fans are backwards and stubborn. They can’t stand the idea of EV, they have to have the ability to make stupid power with lots of noise to drive to the mall. Thing is there’s room for both EV and ICE cars. They need to get a grip and stop hyperbolizing that it’s a binary choice, ICE is going to be around for a good while longer.

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  • [–] 2 points 59 minutes ago

    There’s a car site for leaks and industry news called Auto Spies that just constantly shits on EVs. They used to be good for breaking new car info, but now they have a massively right slant on everything.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 hours ago

    I've seen YouTube videos of those car sales guys talking to customers and then regretting getting an EV because of the distance and lack of charging stations and stuff.

    How many of videos are real and all that, I have no idea. Also, most of those customers are rolling negative equity and stuff so not a great judgment.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 hours ago

    But I read this online so, I should forget this too?

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  • [–] 5 points 2 hours ago

    Thats basically what every poll/study I ever read online said...

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