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Cars are like horses: people will soon realise EVs are just better, claims VW boss (www.autoexpress.co.uk)
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[–] brem@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

The Car & The Horse:

A Short Tale a Djin Once Told Me (VOL I)

Once upon a time there was a human with a horse. It wasn't a poor human, but it was a simple one.

One day whilst plowing fields, forcing a horse to plow a course...("Jim", we shall name horse) thae human stumbled upon a brass lamp, ornately carved & brilliant to witness.

As the human was furiously rubbing the lamp with it's sleeve, Jim noticed some text on the bottom of the lamp and imagined what it might sound like..

"Neigh..", the human heard, curiously

BUT this isn't a tale of humans. It is a tale of horses and electric cars. The last of my tales dwarfed the original story, thus causing OP to delete the entire post. However, that story isn't gone forever. I still have it. This is simply a different one.

And this is a story about a horse.

FOR MORE HORSE STORY, INSERT COIN

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[–] a4ng3l@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

As much as I love my EV I’ll keep my horse au naturel…

[–] lemmyng@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Does that include hybrids? Been rocking my Toyota Hybrid and I don't have issues with it aside from the dashboard screen being small and feeling outdated. Even then, I only use it to connect my phone to Bluetooth audio. Don't even use Android Auto.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Yes. Even though Toyota hybrids are really efficient and low maintenance, with EVs you just plug in when you get home. No fuel. No oil changes. It’s like a toaster; it just works. My EV drivetrain has something like 5 moving parts.

After 150,000km or so you need to have the coolant and gearcase fluids changed, and brake fluid flushed based on age.

As long as manufacturers are building the electronic parts to last a reasonable time (and that I expect to change to serve the dealer networks) it’s much less work owning an EV.

[–] ClownStatue@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Eventually the battery has to be replaced, and that can be a big expense. But yeah, over the life of the car, the maintenance should be lower, and as the technology improves the costs will hopefully come down.

I work from home so my 13-year-old GTI hasn’t crossed 60k miles yet. If/when I ever replace it, it will likely be with an EV. We also have a RAV4 hybrid, and we’re just now feeling the pain of the higher gas prices.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The battery is a spectre I’m not looking forward to.

The GTI is a car; the RAV4 is an appliance. Hopefully you can keep it around for a while. The imperfections of mechanical, combustion driven cars are feedback that make the driving experience pleasurable. But with the level of traffic in my neighborhood and fuel prices, I just want to get there cheaply most days.

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[–] kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wait, newer hybrids don't need oil changes? That's awesome. I have a 2007 Prius and it definitely needs oil changes. Still gets 46 miles to the gallon (~6L/100km), though, so I can't complain about that.

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

The damning statistic for ICE is the percentage of people who go back from EVs is only 1 in 4 globally, but much higher in he US.

[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

What was that about the ID.Polo being 25k again?

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