I’m just tired of the “what about this niche thing I did one time” argument. Like I said in the other comment, unless you tow like, once a week or even once a month then fine, maybe you need a truck, but even then Ford claims the lightening can tow for a good chunk of miles and so can the rivians.
Most people if they really analyzed their driving would find that they usually just drive around town, which is the perfect use case for EVs, and most other cases could be solved by renting a vehicle for a couple of days a year. Surprisingly enough, we do not need to drive massive trucks around every day when we’re just going into the office.
But if you do want that sort of status symbol, like I said the lightening and rivians are there.
That said, I did call out one legit problem with widespread EV adoption in apartment dwellers. I really hope something is done soon, either governmentally or through the market, to make EVs a more viable option for renters.
And if you have this use case, why wouldn’t you want everyone that commutes 50km/day or whatever in their Camry to use an electric car instead? That just means cheaper petrol for you, and less of a line at the petrol station to boot. Imagine how cheap it would be if we could go back to only needing to use the oil that basically bubbles up from the desert floor by itself instead of spending millions sifting oil out of tar sands up in Canada.
Ha, we posted around the same time and said basically the same thing. Nice!
I’m just tired of the “what about this niche thing I did one time” argument. Like I said in the other comment, unless you tow like, once a week or even once a month then fine, maybe you need a truck, but even then Ford claims the lightening can tow for a good chunk of miles and so can the rivians.
Most people if they really analyzed their driving would find that they usually just drive around town, which is the perfect use case for EVs, and most other cases could be solved by renting a vehicle for a couple of days a year. Surprisingly enough, we do not need to drive massive trucks around every day when we’re just going into the office.
But if you do want that sort of status symbol, like I said the lightening and rivians are there.
Could not agree more!
That said, I did call out one legit problem with widespread EV adoption in apartment dwellers. I really hope something is done soon, either governmentally or through the market, to make EVs a more viable option for renters.
And if you have this use case, why wouldn’t you want everyone that commutes 50km/day or whatever in their Camry to use an electric car instead? That just means cheaper petrol for you, and less of a line at the petrol station to boot. Imagine how cheap it would be if we could go back to only needing to use the oil that basically bubbles up from the desert floor by itself instead of spending millions sifting oil out of tar sands up in Canada.