Call me weird but I'll only get an #EV if I can charge it as fast as I can gas up my Corsa D 1.0 3-door and pay for it in cash (or #Monero if I can get Monero for cash w/o #KYC!) and not have all the "#eCall" #tracking bs in it!

• TBH, I think with the #Enshittification of #Cars, companies deserve to die out because noone but #rich #Boomers wants a big & ugly #SuperUselessVehicle (IDGAF if it's a "#Crossover" or #SUV, it's just a shitty and phat car!) that noone can buy or even finance (and even if they can - hello #SubprimeCarLoanCrash on the horizon - shouldn't)!

@kkarhan Keep firing that atmospheric weapon.of mass destruction every time you move...

Compromise on charging time. You can take breaks. That part is fine.

Don't compromise on the surveillance.

@KarlHeinzHasliP if you can find me an EV that is actually affordable and useable and not a privacy nightmare, I'll gladly switch.

• Meanwhile all those #Swasticars need to outlive my used one by at least 200.000km to break even on total CO².

If I can take breaks, I take #PublicTransport. It's just not an option and on some jobs I would've not been hired without a reliable car.

• Plus not everyone is able or willing to dish out 5+ digits for a #Wallbox at their rented parking spot when it's not even clear that would be legal as per fire safety code at all, given the landlord doesn't even allow people to refuel cars down there and #BatteryFires are a whole new level of shit!

#InconvenientTruth

@kkarhan
Unfortunately, all new cars (regardless of how they are powered) are a privacy nightmare.

Maybe micro cars are an option for you. They aren't connected to the internet usually.

But if you have a car that works for you, why not keep it?
@KarlHeinzHasliP

@denki @KarlHeinzHasliP I will keep it simply because I can't really afford a new one and because it's already there and works fine!

• If it was broken beyond repairability & being able to get it through tech inspection, that story would be different, but yeah...

As for smaller vehicles I do propose that for the (hopefully fewer and fewer) edge-cases where #PublicTransport just won't cut it, that we go #smol as in #PersonalLightVehicle and thus more #efficient!

@denki @KarlHeinzHasliP Personally, I think #Volkswagen should've taken the #1L or #L1, make it out of #Aluminium and #glassfiber or even fiber-reinforced #plastic instead of #CarbonFiber and actually #MassProduce it!

Instead of making a €111.000 shitpost that was limited to 250 units made and 200 sold…

@kkarhan @denki Got triggered by the part about needing to refuel super fast. That part of the original post is BS, happy with all the rest of your thinking.

Me, I love my ebike, able bodied as I am, that is all I really need. Once tried the citroen space tourer as a utility vehicle, if I actually needed one that would be decent, the new Kia utility vehicle also seems to cut it (not in terms of privacy though - probably would have to just cut out the internet connection for that)..

I've seen a bunch of the earlier version of this thing too - really like the concept. https://twike.com

@KarlHeinzHasliP @denki Personally, I think that standardized #batteries that get swapped would've been the solution to the charging speed problem.

#BEV|s are a problem and the #EnergyDensity and #Charging problems are hard walls that can only be circumvented (i.e. swapping fluids at a #RedoxFlow-#Battery) or ignored (i.e. #Methanol #FuelCell)...

• Personally, I think #Trolleybuses are the best option if #Trams & #Trains ain't feasible (i.e. steep grates like in #Solingen) and the few edgecases that'll never get 24/7 once per hour bus service or even an on-call minibus need to get more efficient without #ConflictMinerals from #UnfairTrade (i.e. #Cobalt) and destruction of unique habitats (i.e. #Lithium)...

Solving the #EnergyProblem isn't a technological issue, but a political one (see #DESERTEC)...

@kkarhan @denki
Cities and towns should be entirely car free, yes. Have large parking lots at connection points at the outskirts and proper low speed traffic solutions of all kinds like skateboards, trolley busses and twikes inside.

On the country site, charging speed is a problem only in a society that has its priorities off.

Also, most people barely ever need inter-trip charging, as overnight charging at the regular parking spot with regular voltage should be enough juice for 98% of days unless you are a professional long distance driver...

Make charging places nice and connected, so you can just sip a drink and do online stuff while your vehicle charges. Even for long distance driving (shouldn't really be a thing honestly, as night trains exist) - half an hour break every 250 km is totally fine and probably for the better in terms of driver concentration and safety.

Lithium and Cobalt - as bad as they are - are nowhere near as bad as oil. Not sure how to best stop Congo Genocide, but not using Cobalt is not the answer. Paying 10x more for it may be required, but you can only do so if you can make sure the money actually ends up in the hands of the miners, not the Rwandan militias...

@KarlHeinzHasliP @denki

OFC the even better thing would be to avoid drives as much as possible and install #FTTH / #Fiber into every home and let as many people work remotely as they can.

• Cuz we know how to do that since 1981!

Not to mention the economies of scale that a (i.e. PICNIC) #Minitruck delivering food to dozens if not a hundred households in a single shift has compared to cars.

• OFC their start/stop use-cases are more conducive and their mileage way lower than most cars, so they can easily get away with slow-charging after the shift ends.

As for #ConflictMinerals, just reducing overall consumption if we cannot use them is the way to go.

• Which again means lesser and smaller vehicles!