hopefully, gas prices will accelerate the rise of electric cars.
even today, there are some moderately priced models out there.
Stop buying oil-run cars.
>>450067 In my experience, people are prepared to buy electric cars but don't want to commit because the infrastructure and range isn't quite there yet.
>>450069 People aren't buying electric cars because they're expensive to begin with, even before considering the cost of fitting a charger on your house which you can't do anyway because you rent or haven't got a private driveway.
Electric cars are for wealthy people and that's not going to change quickly, infrastructure or not.
>>450067 Electric cars incentivise paving over front gardens in order to bring the car close enough to the wall to plug in, resulting in loss of co2 absorbing plants, pollinator habitat - general biodiversity - as well as decreasing the amount of water-absorbent land, causing greater flood damage, never mind the carbon cost of paving or concreting over that land to begin with.
Just take the bus.
>>450072 It blew my mind recently looking at how I'd make a visit to a mate in Cumbria from London. It's hardly shaky rope bridges and avoiding cannibals but for a Midlands boy I'm continually surprised by how big the North actually is - it reminds me of a lot of those 'levelling up' projects reaching to Manchester like it's a stones throw to Glasgow from there.
>>450069 >>450070 Even intercity travel in an electric car, isn't that big of an issue, if you live in western/northern Europe which has charging stations everywhere, including parking spots.
Electric car manufacturers provide with home charging station as well, some include it in the price of a car, some don't.
It's just like with any new technology, older people are just afraid of change, they have phobia and are confused. Gen pop learned how to use smartphones, uber, and other apps, they'll learn this new thing as well, it's not that hard actually.
>>450075 That Mercedes will cost at least £60k and the quoted range is much lower if the weather is cold or if you go on a motorway or fast road. That's also assuming the battery is still in perfect condition.
If you do need to charge elsewhere good luck if some car is already using the only charging point compatible with your car because you'll be waiting hours.
>Fast charging runs at either 7kW or 22kW, with the latter usually being reserved for public charging points. Most dedicated domestic wallboxes, such as a Pod Point, run at the lower 7kW rate, which roughly halves the time it takes for a full charge compared to a slow charger. So for example, you can expect a Nissan Leaf with a 40kW battery to be fully recharged in about six hours, while a Tesla with a 75kW battery will require about 12 hours.
If your electric car breaks down somewhere you cannot be towed. You're largely fucked.
>For starters, it doesn’t make much sense for recovery vans to carry batteries for helping stranded EV drivers. The weight of such a battery would be significant, giving the van’s diesel engine an extra couple of hundred kilos to drag around all day, regardless of whether the battery is full and useful or empty and dead weight. Clearly, this isn’t a move with the environment’s best interests in mind.
>What about towing a depleted EV to the nearest charger? This shouldn’t be done, as most manufacturers recommend against towing electric cars, even when in neutral, due to how the motors are attached to the wheels and their lack of a true neutral gear. To avoid damaging the car, it’ll have to be loaded onto a flat-bed truck instead of being towed by the patrol van of a breakdown company.
>>450076 >charging point compatible
there's already an EU legislation to standardize charging plus for EVs, type 2 charger plug, for example, they won't be making public chargers that are not compatible between brands.
>cannot be towed
What the hell are you talking about? Electric cars can absolutely be towed without an issue.
Are you an oil lobbyist? Electric cars are the future, deal with it.
I seem to recall something happening in 2016, but I can't quite recall what.
>Electric cars can absolutely be towed without an issue.
If you want to risk completely fucking the car up, by all means go for it. Most electric car manufacturers don't advise it for good reason, as mentioned in the link I clearly quoted in my previous post.
>Are you an oil lobbyist? Electric cars are the future, deal with it.
Seriously, fuck off back to /pol/ with that shitty "if you don't wholeheartedly agree with x that means you support y" logic.
>For starters, it doesn’t make much sense for recovery vans to carry batteries for helping stranded EV drivers. The weight of such a battery would be significant, giving the van’s diesel engine an extra couple of hundred kilos to drag around all day
True, which is why the RAC are fitting their recovery vehicles with generators.
>What about towing a depleted EV to the nearest charger? This shouldn’t be done, as most manufacturers recommend against towing electric cars, even when in neutral, due to how the motors are attached to the wheels and their lack of a true neutral gear.
This only applies to EVs with all wheel drive and also applies to most internal combustion vehicles with all wheel drive. Most EVs can be towed using a standard spectacle lift. EVs also often have a tow mode that allows them to be towed for a short time with all four wheels on the ground.
It's really difficult to run out of charge accidentally. The car will start warning you if you're running low and automatically direct you to the nearest charging point. If you're running very low, it'll revert into a limp-home mode to maximise the remaining range.
>If the battery goes then you're probably looking at close to five figures for a replacement, especially once labour is factored in.
EV batteries last much longer than we expected. Most manufacturers offer a battery warranty of more than 100,000 miles. Some of the early Leafs have been used as taxis and are still holding a useful charge after 300,000 miles.
Battery replacement is expensive, but there's very little to go wrong on an EV and lots of ways for petrol and diesel cars to give you a big garage bill. EVs have the lowest total cost of ownership of any new vehicle.
A lot of people aren't ready to go electric yet, which is fine. Affordable EVs will gradually trickle down onto the second-hand market and the government are sticking EV charging points everywhere. The oil companies are particularly telling in this respect - they're frantically pivoting towards providing fast charging infrastructure, because they know that petrol stations aren't going to be around for much longer. The transition to EVs is already happening quite quickly, it just won't happen overnight.
>>450077 This only works if the electric car is fully functional and has enough of a charge for the car to think it can move so it will activate regenerative braking and route the power to the battery correctly. If you try and tow an electric car which isn't functioning for whatever (unlikely) reason that will cause issues.
>Affordable EVs will gradually trickle down onto the second-hand market
As long as the EV manufacturers don't tie features into software licences, thereby forcing second-hand car buyers to pay twice.
>>450081 pretty sure engineers who've figured out how to make a modern electric car, can solve this issue. I mean, for starters, they'd easily add a feature that would remove car's wheels from being connected to axle/drive shaft/differential.
>>450082 Terraced houses are a bit of a problem - I have a leaf but have a deanobox driveway to install a charge point.
If you can't guarantee you'll always be able to park with 3 metres of your doorstep, you're a bit screwed, unless you can charge in your workplace
>>450109 He claimed that he had a close friendship with Natalie Portman in his book, until she eventually told him she'd found someone else. She however said he was a creepy older man trying to get in her knickers that she only saw a few times and wanted nothing to do with.
Stupidly Moby countered by posting a picture of them together some years later at a party to defend himself which went down like a wet fart.
Actually, there may be a lump on my left ball. That's what is very tender to touch. I need to wait for my groin to warm up so I can have a proper look because they're a bit shrivelled at the minute.
It is the curse we live with. Someone at work today said "oh you've had a trim", but it turns out they were confusing me with another bald man who doesn't shave his head as close as I do. We're polar opposite body types, he's a foot shorter than I am, but all they see is 'bald'. If those browns and blacks think they have it bad with discrimination, try being a balding white man.
I'd like to say growing a beard is the answer, but that's been co-opted by hipsters pretending to be vikings.
I've thought about it, but I think even the best hair transplant loses appeal when everyone you know already knows you're bald. Why fight nature, why deny proof of my testosterone soaked body.
The missus is going away for the weekend in a few months, and I've already started stocking up on wank fodder. Is this what being in an adult relationship is?
Laughing like a hyena in the shower as one of the hosts on the old podcast I've been working through announces the beginning of the "roaring twenties". Fucking rube.
>>450238 I usually end up pulling out the sofa bed in the living room, wanking, watching retro game documentaries on youtube, smoking and drinking and sometimes getting a takeaway. I could do all of these things when she's here but it feels a bit like having a quick holiday. Then she comes back and it's nice because you got to miss her.
>>450241 >>450244 Likewise, there's nothing particularly special about the videos I've been saving and looking forward to, I *could* enjoy them tomorrow no issues, but it just feels nice to have something to look forward to.
>>450243 Yes, and you'll get more oven spring if you cook it straight from chilled instead of letting it warm to room temp. As a general rule, I do bulk ferment at room temp and then second proving of any bread in the fridge at least overnight.
I usually get my dishwasher tablets from Lidl or Aldi, preferably Aldi, which are showing as £2.99 for a pack of 40 but I swear the cost had gone up with inflation last time I was in store. This works out as 7.5p per tablet.
>>450250 I'd suggest separating them into airtight containers with a month or two's worth in each, that way you're not exposing the whole lot to the humidity in the air every time you take one out.
It's not just the pennies being saved but also your time and energy thinking about whether or not you need more of the things.
