Agreed. And depending on other circumstances the EV might save time overall vs an ICE. I only use a public charger around 3 or 4 times a year, and I've had to "wait" exactly 0 minutes since I ate and used the bathroom during the charging time.

I save at least 5+ mins a week refuelling compared to my Diesel. That's half a day a year. The automated pre-heating saves me time defrosting in the winter. Probably another hour or more saved every year. All for around 1/4 of the running cost.

My (just turned) 8 year old wants a box he can put any two animals in to breed them to make a hybrid.

His example was a cat and a slug. He would absolutely love modified parasites.

I always wonder how IOT devices and insurance interact. If a company made device is hacked and lets someone in, does insurance cover it? What about if you’ve “rolled your own”?

Most cars in the US have these buttons? What is the function of each?

That’s my zip code too, along with millions of others who live outside the US. Haven’t needed to use it for a while.

Similarly, on websites that require a British address I use “10 Downing Street” (the only one I know!)

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>This is what happens when you have the best minds committed to designing systems that don't fail.

And a budget to support them.

People love to say that EVs are very heavy, or are much, much heavier, massively heavier and so on. This paints the wrong picture in people’s heads. The same people will use the Hummer EV as an example, but most people aren’t driving that.

https://thedriven.io/2024/05/03/are-evs-really-much-heavier-...

> full electric versions are only around 10% to 15% heavier than their direct ICE equivalent

To put it into perspective, from the table, you could load an ICE with passengers and some luggage and it would weigh the same as the EV equivalent with just the driver.

I assume the misconception is because EVs are massively heavier if they had comparable range, as the reason is the poor energy density of batteries. If an EV had the same range as the ICE then it would be massively heavier, but with significantly reduced range it is only slightly heavier.

I don’t think people talk about hypothetical EV weight when they make such claims, the claims tend to revolve around EVs currently on the road.

We should also try to discuss “waiting time” rather than range so that people start to think in these terms.

My overall waiting time is much lower for my EV than my old diesel, despite the range of the EV being lower. Less time waiting to fill up on a weekly basis (0 mins while I sleep vs 5 mins filling up + journey time to the petrol station), less time defrosting in the winter (0 mins remote pre-heat vs 5+ scraping), less time waiting to fill up on long journeys (0 extra mins while I eat vs 5 extra mins filling up).

These are all situation dependent of course, but making people adjust their thinking will help them get a more accurate picture of EV ownership.

> much, much heavier

https://thedriven.io/2024/05/03/are-evs-really-much-heavier-...

> full electric versions are only around 10% to 15% heavier than their direct ICE equivalent

I don’t think “much, much” should be used when we are talking 10-15%. This will mislead people. There are outliers of course.

1. Those things are completely different and unrelated. It’s ok to be mad at both.

2. There is a difference between faulty and badly designed.

There is some air in the gap, I suppose.

Thank you. Indeed, it's more accurate to say it is space gapped