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[โ€“] jaykrown@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (3 children)

My EV doesn't freeze and die in winter and can be parked outside on the street for a week without me needing to leave the apartment. Just imagining riding a horse in an extremely cold spring rain hurts to think about.

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[โ€“] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I mean sure there's all of that... But consider this:

  1. A horse doesn't play music, or pick up where I left reading on my audiobook.

  2. They don't have mirrors or a seatbelt, so how safe an a horse REALLY be? ๐Ÿค”

[โ€“] exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The horse self driving mode is pretty good though, with its built-in hazard avoidance and lane keeping.

[โ€“] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

Except sometimes that self-driving mode decides it would rather drive on without you. And sometimes it activates itself randomly.

I heard the nav is shit though for the self driving. Basically always just takes you home.

[โ€“] AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I mean, I like my EV... But bragging about it's performance in winter? Not the sales pitch I would go with. I get 1/3 the range of a mild day, and I'm not blasting the heat.

[โ€“] jaykrown@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Damn, what EV do you have? I have a '23 Bolt and I only see about a 30% reduction in efficiency in below freezing. The performance of mine in winter was fair, and even in blizzard conditions in Chicago at 20F it still got the job done. But yea, the heater will consume a lot of battery regardless. Charging is my only concern, and that's solved by the fact that I have a supercharger not too far I can use once a week early in the morning for cheap $0.35 per kWh.

[โ€“] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

ยข35/kWh is cheap? That's the price of a kWh with a subscription at Ionity. I park and charge at this parking spot with a charger where you pay by the hour. ยข14/hr. ๐Ÿ˜… It's close to my gym so whenever I'm there for like 3โ€“4h I just park there and fillerup for basically change. ๐Ÿ‘Œ

[โ€“] lemming741@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah I wouldn't recommend an EV to anyone that can't L2 charge at home for "normal" utility rates.

[โ€“] victorz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

What kind of shitty EV you got brotha? I also see about 30%โ€“50% decrease in range on a Volvo EX40 in like -15โ€“-20ยฐC temperatures, for a car which is built upon a pretty old platform.

[โ€“] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

you just haven't designed a proper horsebrella with HVAC