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Comment by Workaccount2

14 hours ago

In your typical 475km EV sedan, you would only need about 20 minutes of charging to do that 700km.

This is why I am like a broken record repeating that EV misconceptions kill EVs. You are applying gas car logic to electric cars, which is what people do, and stops them from getting an EV.

But it's wrong.

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mdavid626  14 hours ago

Are you assuming 250kW chargers? …and cars which can charge that fast?

Renault 5 EV charges with 11kW. This is the size of car I need.

  • Workaccount2  13 hours ago

    If you often mowed a town park, you wouldn't buy a hand-push lawnmower and then be upset about lawn mower technology.

    The Renault 5 is a town car. Its specs are closer to a golf cart than a motorcar. It fills a niche, but if you are traveling often, a different EV would suite you better.

    • mdavid626  2 hours ago

      I see the confusion now.

      People assume everyone has the same resources as they do. Your point would be fine, if Renault 5 would be very cheap.

      But it’s not. It’s the car what many people can afford.

      Thinking that people have “misconceptions”, because they don’t buy expensive EV-s, which have good capabilities, is very strange.

      You say EV-s are good and people just don’t get it. But people who buy EV-s for 25k, their experience is SIGNIFICANTLY worse than in EV-s for 50k.

      These people are buying those cars, because that’s what they can afford, not because they are stupid to see that a more expensive car can do better.

      Look at 25k ICE cars. They offer lot more comfort regarding “charging”, as same price EV-s. They work in a city and outside city as well. No trade-offs.

      That’s my point, when I say “price and range”.

      ———- Renault 5 EV is a pretty normal car in Europe regarding its specs. Why would it be a golf cart?

  • ac29  6 hours ago

    > Renault 5 EV charges with 11kW. This is the size of car I need.

    AC only EVs dont exist in the US market any more AFAIK. Looking at the Renault 5 models currently available in the UK market, they dont have any AC only models either (maybe they do in other countries though).