sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 hours agoCars are like horses: people will soon realise EVs are just better, claims VW bosswww.autoexpress.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square203fedilinkarrow-up1208arrow-down19
arrow-up1199arrow-down1external-linkCars are like horses: people will soon realise EVs are just better, claims VW bosswww.autoexpress.co.uksanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 hours agomessage-square203fedilink
minus-squarezewm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down12·4 hours agoThat won’t stop battery degradation.
minus-square4am@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 hours agoYeah, it won’t. ICE engines also need oil changes, transmission fluid, headgaskets,belts. I agree that modern “it’ll spy on you” car software sucks ass. The actual battery and charging tech is way way better than 2018 though. No one has to stop for 45 minutes.
minus-squarezewm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 hours agoYea and I can do my own maintenance. That’s another factor that sucks about EV. You can’t even do any work yourself.
minus-squareGrimy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoNo more oil to change so I can feel like a mechanic :( .
minus-squareGrimy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 hours agoOh look, a shell representative
That won’t stop battery degradation.
Yeah, it won’t.
ICE engines also need oil changes, transmission fluid, headgaskets,belts.
I agree that modern “it’ll spy on you” car software sucks ass. The actual battery and charging tech is way way better than 2018 though. No one has to stop for 45 minutes.
Yea and I can do my own maintenance. That’s another factor that sucks about EV. You can’t even do any work yourself.
No more oil to change so I can feel like a mechanic :( .
Oh look, a shell representative