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this post was submitted on 27 Feb 2024
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I personally don't see gas going away anytime soon. Gas cars are repairable and will run for decades. Batteries on the other hand break down and can't be repaired.
Additionally I can fill up my car with gas way faster than I can charge it. Having a liquid fuel allows for simplified billing and gas takes a long time to break down.
Moral to the story is that I'll not buy a electric car even if they are reasonably priced. I won't even buy a car with surveillance built in. (I drive old cars)
There's plenty of dudes fixing batteries. Sometimes it's a faulty sensor, sometimes they swap a module out.
Gas takes 2 weeks to be unstable and unusable, you can charge at home and have it top up every night. Also you can go without charging for some days and charge it while shopping or going to the cinema.
Gas cars are also full of surveillance, down to owning the genetic material left in the car. I also drive a 15 year old car, but I'll soon switch to electric.
Gas is unusable after two weeks? I've let it sit for over a year with no issue.
I'm all for electric cars when they make sense, but come on.
Battery degradation is also nice because unlike any comparable issue in an ICE it is never fast or a surprise. Your not going to go out to your car one morning and find it won’t start because one of the hundreds of consumable parts in the engine cracked apart overnight.
Coming as someone who has watched rebuilds of both ICE engines and EV batteries, i’d say that both require about the same amount of work, though modern engines are a bit tougher and more finicky.
If it works for you have at it. It just won't work for me.