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People arguing about the price of gas, but as soon as someone mentions driving an EV they're "stupid" and woke

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[โ€“] DJArbz@lemmy.notmy.cloud 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Towing and cold weather also play an important factor in the range as well.

[โ€“] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'll agree to add towing, but again unless you're a professional truck driver that's a very rare instance, and I'd point to my 2-car household thing as a solution. (Call me crazy but for those rare times I need a truck I rent one. The only times I toe are when I'm helping friends move and the only time I've needed a truck is bringing something big home from home Depot, and for both U-Haul has charged me max $20 bucks for the day)

For 99% of driving an EV is fine. The cold misnomer was true in the early days of EVs, but is pretty much solved now, but even then the 2-car household solves that again.

For the other 1% of driving you can easily rent a vehicle that suits your needs. After all, we don't all own moving vans just because we move occasionally.