mhoyeMay 29, 2024

This is a remarkable graph.

You might have heard that "EV sales are slumping", "people are starting to avoid EVs", etc.

That's not what's happening.

What's happening is "Tesla is cratering so hard that it's skewing the aggregate market data."

Or, put differently, "Tesla is failing harder than the entire rest of the market is succeeding, combined."

Show threadDemocracy Dies in DumbassMay 29, 2024
@mhoye People got it out of their system and realize that until battery capacity improves it's not worth the effort and the thousands of dollars it costs to install a decent charger in your garage.
Show threadmhoyeMay 29, 2024
@ShredderFeeder Speaking as somebody who did that, the number of thousands of dollars it costs to install a decent charger in your garage is "0.7" and it pays for itself in a few weeks.
Show threadDemocracy Dies in DumbassMay 29, 2024

@mhoye

1. My garage is on the opposite side of my house from my electrical panel.

2. My electrical panel is full.

3. Installing a car charger would involve upgrading the feed from the street to support the extra 50A circuit.

4. If you found a qualified, licensed electrician to do that job for $700 including the cost of the charger, please give me his name, because he's the cheapest electrician I've ever heard of.

Show threadThe Flight AttendantMay 29, 2024
@ShredderFeeder @mhoye Our panel is full too but we previously had a Nissan leaf and the charger that it came with just plugged into a regular plug. It only did slow charging but that worked for us
Show threadDemocracy Dies in DumbassMay 29, 2024
@CosmicTraveler @mhoye I had a friend buy one of those a few years back. I think he took it back after about two weeks and bought a Prius.
Show threadansible42

@ShredderFeeder @CosmicTraveler @mhoye

For the most part getting a smaller car that is at least a hybrid will bring the emissions down to very close to the low point. Not if we really want to make a change we need to make it possible for most people to get around using public transit and bikes.

https://www.carboncounter.com/#!/explore?price_Gasoline=4.6&cityshare=65&cars=36054

Carboncounter.com | Cars evaluated against climate targets

Find out how a car compares to climate targets — and to other cars — based on its emissions and costs.

May 30, 2024 at 1:23amWeb
Show threadDemocracy Dies in DumbassMay 30, 2024
@ansible42 Remote Work has done wonders for keeping cars off the road. Even the I95 Commute into DC became bearable during Covid...
Show threadansible42May 30, 2024
@ShredderFeeder Yeah now if they would just stop expanding roads, build dense transit oriented cities, enact some real car safety changes like speed/accel governors and weight/size restrictions/taxes