So I needed to rent a car while mines down and being worked on. The only car available at a reasonable price I could find in my area turns out to be an electric car. So I was given the car at 40% charged with 90 miles to go. I do gig work. 90 miles doesn't fly with me. So I bring it to one of these charging stations and it will take 2.5 hours to fully charge the vehicle. The thing doesn't plug in easy and there is no option to rapid charge. I had to call the customer service help because the machine got stuck on initiating the charge and the car wouldn't let me unplug it.
So then I thought this is a genius idea to be able to take total control over the people. But will take time. Force everyone to have electric car. Then cut off the power and BAM. Travel just became harder.
The features are cool though. Tells me when it's not safe to merge lanes by having light up pictures showing there's a car at a certain point and it sound like a space ship while you are braking. When you turn off the car it tells me to check the back seat. I asked the rental guy why and he said it's so you don't accidentally leave your kid in the back seat.
Not a good idea to be sitting on a battery for hours at a time.
The battery is under the whole length of the car.
You are sitting on a battery, and it likely emits EMF's right up your asshole the entire time.
Doesn't matter how "cool" its features are. These things are dangerous and harmful to the environment.
I did that once and every time I opened my mouth I got FM 99 music. :)
Dumbing down the whole world, 1 electric car at a time.
My hyundai has the lane merge warning lol It isnt something new. Electric cars suck.
Ahaha my sonata shows me a coffee cup and tells me to consider taking a break 😅. My husband just laughs and points out women really are worse drivers lol
LOL. Several years ago, there was a story of a computer tech call-in center guy who got a call for a computer problem. The lady on the phone said the coffee cup holder was the wrong size or wan't working or something.
The guy was thinking ... hmm, coffee cup holder on a computer? He asked questions, and it turned out it was the CD Rom drive she thought was a coffee cup holder.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
They just recently installed a Tesla charging station in my area. Every time I drive by it I am thinking of how insanely unsafe it is to be stranded away from home with a car that is useless to you until it is charged. Anyone driving one of those should definitely be packing some heat!
They know there is not enough power grid for everyone to drive electric cars. Logistically impossible.
Yes, it is a way to keep people from freedom of movement. CA already shuts down the electric power at will.
They used to say we will run out of coal, oil, and natural gas so have to prepare to switch over. They were proved wrong. BTW Drill Baby Drill.
I'll never get a newer car. I think it's pathetic that people need warnings to stay in their lane instead of paying attention. And if you can't remember your own kid maybe you shouldn't have any.
Yeah. Test driving one I don't like it. It's nice and quiet but it's very time consuming honestly. Guy gave me a plug to plug it into my house. I don't even want to know. 20 mins of charging costed me almost 9$. It said it was charging .43 per KW like I understand that. Overall I give it a 1 star.
It blows my mind that anyone “needs” a warning to not leave their kid in the car. The instant I park my car, my kid just starts yelling, “Out! Out! Out!”
I just keep the truck window down a bit, so I can hear people honk'n.
My hyundai sonata gas all those features too except it's just gas 😜
They could just as easily tell all stations to stop pumping gas to achieve the same effect. Electric can, at least, be generated at home. Horse and carriage FTW! I take your point though, and I agree we should all be making these considerations.
I wouldnt mind horsing it. I walked almost 3 hours to the rental place. Insane how life makes us forget the basic ability to walk. Felt good honestly to get that kind of exercise. But did take a lot of time from point A to B. I mean I coulda ordered an Uber but was trying to save money. The modern world. BTW I learned if I called the rental place they would have came and got me.
Wrong. That electricity is generated at a coal-burning plant, and sent to the home.
It's not even a Tesla. I think it's a Kia. But it doesn't say Kia. Only the Bluetooth name says Kia. Doesn't look like a Kia symbol. Never seen this symbol before. But then I was thinking they obviously can make self charging cars because our gas powered ones have altinators.
Was considering personal solar/wind power. Inefficient, sure, but possible. I wouldn’t have a clue where to start in making gasoline for myself.
My gasoline 2020 Santa Fe tells me if car are approaching my blind spot, passing behind me, if it thinks I’m tired and need a break and gets 28 Mpg and can go across the USA border to border
But, But, But...does it take 2 1/2 hours to fill the tank? Ha, didn't think so.
I don't even think it takes 2.5 hours to refuel an entire gas stations.
I asked the lady who works at the gas station how long. She said maybe 30 minutes for that truck to unload all that fuel to them.
I would think a simple fix would be putting in something like an altinator type thing that is compatible with the battery and infrastructure going forward I would see something as simple as using that wireless charging technology like they have on phones. My social studies teach back in 07 said they been trying to scare everyone with global warming since even when he was a kid.
That's cool. Yeah gasoline is much faster. Gas and Go. This one is plug and wait and then you may go.
Problem in most of us is driving distances— I easily drive 100-500 miles between cities in Texas - until a battery charge can go 1000 miles it’s not gonna take off here
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