I am curious how else we would describe the direction of circular motion

What if I want to know the time?

Technically it’s the only kind of correct. Technically.

You never heard a sound like the rubberbad man…

I think PHEVs are the perfect way to get people over range anxiety. I know my Volt has effectively a gallon of gas worth of range or 40 miles. That’s enough range to do 90% of the driving I do in a week if I charge after drive. Groceries, daycare, and work (1 way, with charging stations). I think a lot of families are used to having my car and my spouses car where now it’s looking like EV for short local trips and ice for longer trips. I think PHEVs will help teach folks about what kind of range they actually need even if they are charging at home everyday.

Now we have the luxury of a garage, which seems like a major hurdle to mass adoption. More so, than range anxiety.

Hurdles from my perspective :

1. Price, Price, Price

2. No Garage These are tied together as the people who can afford a garage are the same people that can likely aslp afford an EV. Similar target markets.

3. High Used Prices

4. Low Supply

5. Drivers own lack of awareness of their driving habits.

Red Herring in the media: Our grid can’t handle it!

This is something I hear my boomer mother say even though she’s a perfect candidate for an EV.

This post gave me the idea to idea to text the wife. As a millenial. I’m doing my part.

You’d need huge investment in high speed rail. Tokyo to Osaka is about the same distance as Chicago to Des Moines Iowa. 3hr train vs 5 hr car ride. We could do it… But the density of travel between those locations would make a project like that a very poor investment, so the government would have to pay the bill knowing it would be at a loss.

Then you build this rail.

That’s the easy part.

Now I have to convince Des Moines to invest in better bus systems or trolleys to get people around in the city and the outlying residential areas. This is where these projects fall flat. Getting local municipalities to invest in public transit. Hundred people get off in Des Moines and unless someone is there waiting for them or they have their bike or left their car there. They’re stranded.

Its not sexy. It won’t get you re elected. It won’t be done in your term.

A solved problem on a handful of luxury cars. We are years away from this feature being commonplace unless a law is passed.

Also, they are legal. https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1135084_us-finally-allows-use-of-modern-matrix-headlights

As an American, it may have started with macho, but now it’s about safety. I drive a Volt and am frequently blinded by SUVs and Trucks in my rear view. If a 250 hits me… I’m probably dead.

Until legislation is passed limiting the height of a vehicle a regular person can drive there will never be any change. Maybe also height restrictions in certain lanes or regions would help.

Special licenses and restrictions on where we allow these cars is the only way forward.

Posts like these are why I’ll drive my stupid Chevy Volt until the battery dies.

I play Control warlock. I basically have to hit Symph to 6 dmg. Or get lucky with Starfish.

Drawing them isn’t the problem. Not getting kod before turn 8 is.

More people. More problems. Crimes happen where people are.

1. Agreed

2. I’d argue that people can only pay what they can pay. They won’t pay extra, they’ll buy smaller homes with smaller valuations to keep their payments reasonable. If you can’t afford to put up another 1k/month then you won’t.

3. Again, people can afford to move just not for their established QoL. If you own a 4bd house in a good school district are you going to downgrade to a 3bdrm in an ok district? Maybe? Probably not unless the money is good.

Also rich people aren’t buying homes with mortgages. They are just buying them with cash… Or putting so much down that their mortgage is reasonable.

https://www.project2025.org/policy/

The energy section is the worst…