I’ve been hoping to get a PHEV because I don’t want some 300km-range battery (nor the resulting fire risk, tyre wear, or brake wear), but there aren’t any really cheap plug in hybrids. I’m probably gonna be stuck getting a used EV with an oversized battery when my sister’s old car dies.
A tank of gasoline isn’t safer if you’re worried about fires, there’s just less sensationalist media coverage. The tires are expensive, but that’s because they are inherently more durable: we drove over a tack last week and our tire was fine. Brake wear is about 80% less, because EVs favor regen instead.
We have a 2023 Nissan Leaf with a 215 mi range and the least popular CHAdeMO connector, and we’ve driven it all over Washington state. We drove from Spokane to Lake Quinault for Thanksgiving.
Don’t believe all the petroleum-invested hyperbole.
Battery fires get more news coverage not because their more common, but because they are so catastrophic when they do happen. As for comparisons to gasoline, I’d be leaving the tank empty so that’s not a concern for me.
I would prefer not to use waste rubber and money thicker tyres carrying around a huge battery I don’t need. Worst case I can use those same tires on a car with a lighter battery.
Good point about regenerative braking, I forgot about that.
As for comparisons to gasoline, I’d be leaving the tank empty so that’s not a concern for me.
You would carry around a whole combustion engine just to leave it empty?? Wtf that’s even more waistful and inefficient. Get an older EV with a small battery if you’re so allergic to it.
Battery fires are not catastrophic, it just takes a different approach to deal with it and we already know how.
Oh, looking it up they do come to about the same weight in the end (information that was very difficult to source BTW). Guess that eliminates much of the entire point of this. All I would need is 80km of range at most so I’m put off by all these cars offering 500km that I don’t want or need.
I guess an old EV is probably the better option. With the added advantage that I’ll probably get physical controls instead of a damn touch-screen.
I’ve been hoping to get a PHEV because I don’t want some 300km-range battery (nor the resulting fire risk, tyre wear, or brake wear), but there aren’t any really cheap plug in hybrids. I’m probably gonna be stuck getting a used EV with an oversized battery when my sister’s old car dies.
A tank of gasoline isn’t safer if you’re worried about fires, there’s just less sensationalist media coverage. The tires are expensive, but that’s because they are inherently more durable: we drove over a tack last week and our tire was fine. Brake wear is about 80% less, because EVs favor regen instead.
We have a 2023 Nissan Leaf with a 215 mi range and the least popular CHAdeMO connector, and we’ve driven it all over Washington state. We drove from Spokane to Lake Quinault for Thanksgiving.
Don’t believe all the petroleum-invested hyperbole.
Battery fires get more news coverage not because their more common, but because they are so catastrophic when they do happen. As for comparisons to gasoline, I’d be leaving the tank empty so that’s not a concern for me.
I would prefer not to use waste rubber and money thicker tyres carrying around a huge battery I don’t need. Worst case I can use those same tires on a car with a lighter battery.
Good point about regenerative braking, I forgot about that.
You would carry around a whole combustion engine just to leave it empty?? Wtf that’s even more waistful and inefficient. Get an older EV with a small battery if you’re so allergic to it.
Battery fires are not catastrophic, it just takes a different approach to deal with it and we already know how.
Oh, looking it up they do come to about the same weight in the end (information that was very difficult to source BTW). Guess that eliminates much of the entire point of this. All I would need is 80km of range at most so I’m put off by all these cars offering 500km that I don’t want or need.
I guess an old EV is probably the better option. With the added advantage that I’ll probably get physical controls instead of a damn touch-screen.