Electric cars vs. gas cars

13d ago

12 replies

I've always been a fan of electric cars, especially Teslas. However, recently, I had an experience where during a longer ride, we had to charge it twice to reach our destination. After this experience, I'm leaning towards gas cars again. What's your opinion on this?

Replies

Nik Hazell @nik_hazell

Filling up (gas, or electricity) is never convenient. I drive say, 10-50km a few times per week. Once a month, I drive 2x 250km Twice a year, I drive around 1000km I suspect this is similar for a lot of Europe. A lot of fuss is made about that long journey. On the 10 hour journey, I'd need to stop three times at least, for 40 minutes or so - which is inconvenient. But - the rest of the year - I wouldn't need to fill up at all? My car would charge outside my house. These day-to-day fillups are the really annoying ones - I'm late for work, or late for a train - or just put off filling up until I'm on the REFILL FUEL NOW warning. 95% of the time, those stops just wouldn't exist! I'm not saying that electric cars are without flaws. I AM saying we speak a lot about the inconvenience of stopping on long journeys - and DON'T speak about the added convenience of never having to stop on a short journey.

Apr 18

Lili Péntek @lili_pentek

@nik_hazell Thank you, Nik. You brought up a really good point. When we consider the frequency of short rides, which are more common than long journeys, it becomes clear that EVs have an advantage in this debate.

Apr 18

Jose Garrido @josej30

Electric cars are the future. The infrastructure is not there yet, but 20 years from now we’ll look back and think how dumb we were driving gas cars. Teslas are at a different level. All the little details that other car makers are already copying on top of the electric model too

Apr 18

Lili Péntek @lili_pentek

@josej30 I agree with you, it's definitely the future. However, I still have some concerns about battery reuse, but I have high hopes for technological improvements.

Apr 18

Christopher Clark @christopher_clark8

gas car

Apr 18

David Roberts @david_roberts16

Gas cars are best

Apr 18

Edward Moore @edward_moore3

Electric car

Apr 18

James Wilson @james_wilson30

Gas cars

Apr 18

Ronald Walker @ronald_walker2

Gas cars

Apr 18

Simon Rosner @simon_rosner

Gas cars

Apr 18

Vitaly Aver @vit_aver

Electric cars of course. This is our future!

Apr 18

Azura Bennett @azura_bennett

I admire electric cars like Teslas, but on a recent trip, having to stop twice to charge felt like extra work. It made me appreciate the convenience of gas-powered cars more. What's your take as a fellow enthusiast car and pilot?

Apr 26