Snowflake stereotypes and cars
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EVs are a massive trap for self reliance. You can’t repair the things yourself, you’ll need to be closer to areas with charging stations (so closer to cities), and SOL in certain extreme environments. Not to mention some older houses do not have the wiring for a charger at home.
Which is a bummer, because they should be easier to fix than a gas car.
What's even in them? Batteries, a motor or two, regular suspension and interior, a control module, and a few plug in accessories.
No timing chain, no serpentine belt, no fuel injectors, pumps, or filters. None of the difficult repairs of a gas car.
I did a decent chunk of research on EVs back in school because I was thinking about building one; I am consistently boggled by how badly manufacturers have Black Boxed these things.
Not even GM's own engineers know how to fix their own fucking EVs—and they designed the bastards—to say nothing of their minimally trained mechanics.
Then you have Tesla, who thinks everything can be fixed with a software update and tech bro energy.
Not that you'd want to, with EVs spontaneously combusting in people's garages. It's recommended you park on the curb and get a really long extension cord to charge EVs now.
It's funny, back in Ye Olde Times, garages had to be detached or have concrete walls because cars back then were fire hazards. Maybe we'll have to do it again so new houses meet code.
They’ll just ban the home chargers and force people to charge it at designated areas, just like gas pumps.
That is one of my major problem with EVs,