• dan1101
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    1 year ago

    Not having chargers was his fault. The wreck and the body shop wasn’t the trucks fault. The lack of chargers and chargers not working wasn’t the trucks fault. You don’t buy an EV for road trips to anywhere, you have to plan things out. It’s still frontier days. For driving back and forth short to moderate distances they should be great.

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      1 year ago

      Welcome to Exploding Heads, candidate for worst Lemmy instance along with hexbear and lemmygrad

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      Yeah it’s an interesting read through… Yahoo dot com.

      The focal point of conservative propaganda.

      God forbid there are pieces of news floating about that don’t laud Greta as the savior of mankind

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        They based it on a Fox News article though.

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          And so it’s bullshit for news media to write the account of a man screwed over by electric vehicles because you don’t like it, right

          And it’s bullshit for conservative media to exist…

          And it’s bullshit for a conservative instance to exist

          Lol

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            I never said any of that.

            The reasons this guy had a bad EV experience are either unrelated to EVs or due to lack of knowledge on how they work.

            The fact that Fox was the original source of the article information isn’t surprising. Fox has a conservative bias. Conservatives don’t like EVs. The sky is blue. The Earth turns. Life goes on.

            I am not a fan of EVs but I believe they would be useful if you understand their limitations and if they are more affordable.

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                I’m not saying it’s propaganda. To me it’s equivalent to hearing a quack and expecting a duck. I read a negative article about EVs and expect it may be a conservative-leaning source.

                I think there was some lean in CNN and definitely in NPR. NPR does some great stuff but on certain subjects you know what their angle will be. CNN isn’t going to be as left-leaning any more now that John Malone is in charge. YMMV I just know what my experience and view is, yours may differ.

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              OK, but how is this not legitimate news? At the very least it has informed people of how many hidden costs can accompany buying an EV, and has also shown the potential problems with taking road trips.

              Perhaps it is even more specific to EV trucks.

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    But Bala was quickly hit with the reality of owning and operating an EV soon after the purchase. The vehicle compelled him to install two chargers – one at work and one at home – for $10,000. To accommodate the charger, he had to upgrade his home’s electric panel for $6,000.

    In all, Bala spent more than $130,000 – plus tax.

    this is insane.

    I bought the Tesla mobile charger for 230$

    An electrician down the street installed a nema 15-50 output in my garage for 450$.

    Total: 700$

    some people already have the nema 14-50 port.

    I don’t need a charger at work. Because I charge my car at home. Why is he installing Two outlets? And why does it cost so much?

    Before I take a road trip I will use the super charger map https://www.tesla.com/supercharger

    and I will bring my mobile charger with me. And it can charge at camp sites and in dryer outlets just fine.