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If only people would realise that going electric has so many benefits. But people are so heavily propagandised that they just refuse to see the simple truth.

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going electric has so many benefits

It has the lot of downsides too. Like charging time, or high battery cost

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Have you ever driven an EV or where do you get this sort of “information”?

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where do you get this sort of “information”?

Look at the specs sheet of EV cars. The best case fast charging scenario is like 20 minutes to 60-80%. And you can’t count on the best case scenario every time. Gas station refueling is just much faster.

As for cost, literally 60 seconds of searching:

https://www.cbtnews.com/replacing-a-tesla-battery-costs-and-options-explained/

“Estimates suggest that the batteries for the Model S cost between $12,000 and $15,000. After labor charges, the total repair cost is about $20,000 to $22,000”

I did my research - and ultimately decided public transport is the best solution where I live.

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I have in fact owned one. I also owned a hybrid electric vehicle within the first year of commercial availability, probably before you were born. (You wouldn’t even believe the amount of dumb shit people spouted at me about batteries back then.) However the trade-offs between different vehicle energy sources is real and tangible. It makes no sense to deny it.

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An electric car uses 10-20x more batteries than a PEV, the downside is cars, not EVs.

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