• Swarfega@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    Out of interest how are the other countries in the UK finding electric cars?

    In the UK there was a bit of a boom but that’s slowed considerably. The infrastructure isn’t there. Electric cars are considerably more expensive and electricity is not cheap here. Until they are much cheaper than their combustion counterparts I just can’t see them taking hold. I’d love to go electric but it’s just not viable.

  • Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social
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    10 months ago

    The Chinese EV market is so big that it has room for something sorely lacking in the American EV market: fun. And I don’t just mean “fast,” as fun gets so often reduced to here; I mean actual fun. EVs are bringing more tech into cars than ever before, but the features in Chinese EVs seem downright futuristic. You can find cars with augmented-reality dashboards, massaging seats, in-car projector screens, refrigerators, and customizable emoji headlights.

    That… does not sound fun. That sounds like a bunch of shit that I’ll either use once and never touch it, or it will break quickly and I won’t be able to use it.

    The fact that this person thinks this is what makes cars fun raises serious doubts about their understanding of cars.