@gray the solution would likely be simple: discourage driving and encourage public transportation in urban areas. I believe it to be nearly impossible as it is seen as unpopular especially among more conservative/suburban/rural types as they see it as an infringement on their rights (probably correct but likely overblown imo) plus cars actually have use cases your average r/fuckcars poster is too busy screaming in an echo chamber to actually think about
Another solution would be to encourage smaller more efficient cars which already exists on paper in most places but in the US there is a massive exception which is why almost every new American car is about the size of a Sherman tank

@PurpCat @deprecated_ii @Zergling_man North Americans have always associated public transport with the poor and the desperate and I've always wondered if the cause of that is just auto industry marketing.
Also how the fuck do you have all these videos on standby

@gray there are plug in hybrids that exist (my parents have one and we live in the middle of nowhere), they also only ever charge it at home
PHEVs from what little I know of automotive engineering can be complex as you have to have all the engine parts and the battery which makes them both heavy and expensive, when especially in the US the auto industry is all in on producing gigantic shit tanks that have massive profit margins

@Zergling_man the solution is the ecological impact cars have, which is solved by having heavier cars that have highly explosive batteries inside. Only the greatest innovations from the "everything is computer" auto industry

@gray that checks out, most modern battery chemistries that I know of lose most of their capacity when it's cold.
The charging problem would theoretically be solved by having lower power public chargers everywhere in public parking spaces like they have in Paris. Though how that works for the fifth of the population that does not live in more urban areas is a mystery I'm not smart enough to solve

@deprecated_ii That's a fair point, they should be a choice that is probably better for some (those that live in mild climates, those that can easily and would want to charge at home) but yeah maybe forcing everyone to drive an EV always while batteries are stil shit is not a good idea no

Tesla evangelists are the special kind of retard that will take any complete shit Musk throws at them. Full self driving with only cameras coming 2018, 2022 and 2025 also robots and a weird private bus? And people still fall for it somehow

Going to step on a rake, don't care. Give me the worst.



Why do people hate on EVs so much

@sam

@RustyCrab scope creep begins

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@waifu @pernia @vertka that last sentence is definitely true
T. Zoomer with severe mental issues

The existential dread returns

I pre-ordered one of the new pebble watches it's supposed to come by January I'm absolutely going to forget I bought it until it ships and/or shows up

@Forestofenchantment they died in the war

@jimmy @dagda one of these days ARC will beat their literal 0% market share since the first ARC GPUs came out in 2022
At least the B580 has finally won the honourable "not complete dog shit"

New GPU showed up the existential dread can wait for now

@fwc True. The grass is always greener elsewhere

@waifu thanks fren

@korgster it's worse imo in the middle of nowhere (especially as I do not own a car) because at least in a city I could go somewhere