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xkcd #3214: Electric Vehicles

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Now that I've finally gotten an electric vehicle, I'm never going back to an acoustic one.

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[–] Yliaster@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Gonna get blasted for this, given the overall sentiment here in the comments towards EVs, but EVs are going to be used to monitor people everywhere they go and have killswitches, and other shit I'd not wanna deal with.

[–] m3t00@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

had a regular 110 plug adapter and extension cord. plug in anywhere but takes longer than charge station. never used it in 20,000 miles. about same as a gasser. hit 1/4 tank stop and fill up. imagine the switch from horses to gas was hard to figure out for a while.

[–] El_guapazo@lemmy.world 10 points 9 hours ago (8 children)

These are the vehicles to have in the Apocalypse. Carry your own solar panels and charge it. No need to get fuel since gasoline only stays fresh for 6 months.

[–] knexcar@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

Personally I’d go with an electric bike since it needs significantly less time to charge given the same number of solar cells.

[–] m3t00@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

i had this idea only i planned to retire on the beach and eat fish. turned out to be no fun after a week camping in a jeep. Apocalypse in the basement. i wonder if there's a siren like tornados

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