As a PHEV this will (allegedly) have a 145-mile EV range with a total range of 690 miles when the gas engine kicks in, and honestly, if this wasn't in a form factor that screamed I HAVE ROAD RAGE ISSUES it would be at the top of my list of new cars to get.
https://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/ram-pickup-postponed/
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I'm really hoping I can hold out for one of the 300+ mile EVs supposedly coming out in 5ish years.
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As someone living in a very rural part of the Co Rockies pure EV is fine.
I'll keep it until a PHEV truck becomes available.
Any time truck manufacturers, I'm ready.
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Everything in the sales lots these days, forget it. I nearly need a step stool just to get in and out of the cab.
Whole bunch of folks who live in apartments and condos and stuff that will never get investment for charge infrastructure. Not until some vendor figures out a way to nickle and dime for it.
You could drive Rt 66 (or interstate adjacent, down 55, then across from STL on 40 to LA) entirely in an EV without worrying much about running out of power.
The caveat is that you'd use a lot of Tesla charging stations, and it's a BIG caveat.
VA, and the PHEV is much more practical.
This is the truck iteration of the Chevy Volt, which fell short of being a great sedan by 50 miles of electric range.
This is a beast but it cures range anxiety.
Imagine how 100% EV would alter the post-apoc tropes.
Good lord, critical thinking is on the decline.
Get a bike.
The most unbelievable part of post apoc is that while civilization collapses there is still enough left to run drilling, refining, and distribution systems.
As someone else pointed out, gas vs EV is a silly debate - after some sort of society-ending event we’re all on foot. Or possibly on horses.
Solar panels are going to work for decades. Gasoline will be dead in a few years.
Solar panels have an average lifespan of 25-30 years. And has been pointed out, you can build generators using water wheels, windmills, or bicycles.
On the gripping hand, post-apoc you probably won't want to
It's really batteries that are the weak point for EVs.
But they will outlast gas by a decade or so, especially the new LIon
The gasoline make you think that a car does not weigh any thing.
Generate the amount of power required to move around twenty-two, 300 pound sofas.
Not saying you can drive one across all rural routes, but your statement that EVs only work for 100% urban driving is just not true.
There are probably ways one could make tire repairs that would be okayish for bicycle speeds. Humans have been using natural rubber since 1600 bce, and vulcanization isn't super complicated.
Realistically an apocalypse would mean back to horses within a dozen years or so.
I mean, not to pile on, but we live here today, and unless you’re expecting apocalypse in 10-15 years, whatever car I’m driving now won’t be there
Only options are alcohol and veg-oil conversions for diesel.
Technically, you could render the dead bodies down to their oils and run it on a converted diesel.
( If Scalzi uses this idea I want a signed 1st edition 🤣🤣)
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(The urban % in Europe is roughly half that of the US, though. Probably a definition difference.)
Just to say, apples to oranges. You're right otherwise.
If we had more CCS EV choices, we probably would have went to that instead of J3400/NACS.
Though Tesla arguably created a better plug and had first-mover advantage.
5,000 pounds is sixteen, 300 pound sofas.
When there's been an apocalypse, transportation is my main consideration.
And there's solar farms all over the country that you could scavenge panels from to recharge your EV, right?
Anyone shown driving an ICE car 2 years after the shtf is just unrealistic.
I was hoping to get you into #EV when I was driving back to CA in 2015, but you had a big contract you finalized, as a result, your readers were rewarded
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Also the city I live in has chargers all over downtown.
I’m not going to argue in Scalzi’s mentions, EVs may or may not be the right choice, but charging back there isn’t a big problem.
It’s a joke. Tesla basically stole a tax break.
https://www.tesla.com/trips#/?v=M3_2020_LongRange&o=Ann%20Arbor,%20MI,%20USA_Ann%20Arbor%20Washtenaw%20County%[email protected],-83.7430378&s=&d=Raleigh,%20NC,%20USA_Raleigh%20Wake%20County%[email protected],-78.6381787
I dunno how common it is, really. But my instinct would be that you could let apartment dwellers switch to EVs for several years before you got through all the dwellers for whom that is an option
Hell, only one of the rental *houses* that my family lived in when I was a kid had an exterior outlet anywhere near the driveway
The idea of having to wait for an open charger— then wait while charging— in Coalinga! Mmmm, yummy CAFO smell!
After charging in Coalinga, charging in LA would be easy enough and like… I guess Phoenix would also be easy except for the part where I generally try to get back out of Phoenix as fast as humanly possible
• DFW to Central Florida ×3 (good luck in AL, MS, and south of Orlando)
• DFW to DC (gas stations aren't even common going through TN)
• DFW to Chicago area ×2 (OK and MO are devoid of anything useful)
• DFW to New Orleans (LA and EV? lol)
I looked this up and a cross-country trip might take a bit more planning, but it seems doable. Probably not much different from the days when there wasn't a gas station every ten miles and you made sure to top off the tank when you could.
I only need a public charger if I drive longer than the range in a single day.
I'd need a public charger if I couldn't park in a dedicated spot. Which, agreed, is a bit of an equity issue.
The Scout Terra is my pick.
320 mile range, plus actually paying attention to where the chargers are (superchargers aaaallll over the place, many more around too) means zero issues.
Anywhere in CA, AZ, & 95% of OR is easy. NV is a tiny bit harder, but not too terrible.
But… that’s what they bought. It would be like complaining a Vespa can’t do 100mph on a race track.
The crappier public chargers definitely have more broken units at them tho, that’s true, but so do the crappier gas stations 🤷🏻♂️
That’s more a function of cheap owners than an EV thing.
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Me: I've conducted a very small, limited survey...
Son: Mom!
Me: What?
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This was just family teasing. I am not saying this is really my theory. 😉
(I know you don't drink)
https://www.thedrive.com/news/38238/ram-2500-drivers-have-the-most-duis-more-than-twice-the-national-average-report
I loved my Dakota R/T.
A mid-size truck with this type of range would sell so many units.
Hybrid combustion engines just take limits to still fit in an EV hybrid. Research into carbon footprints showed a demonstrably significant link between this. It's not an efficient use case.
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Honestly, gonna hold onto the hybrid a couple more years and see where our needs are.
I thought I'd have charge anxiety. Over four years in and it hasn't happened yet.
Currently, hanging on to our 2012 Prius until kid education bills sorted. Which EV do you have? Have you liked it?
i can’t wait for better (non-truck) PHEVs in the US. we live and travel in the rural desert southwest, i’m not risking my life in an EV
unfortunately other than the prius, PHEVs are all so BIG
Now I just want someone to do something like this with a much smaller truck 😅
I had a Chevy S10 ages ago and that thing was perfectly sized. I need to carry big things, not heavy things. Give me a small truck with EV capabilities.
If I need to tow something I can rent a Uhaul truck for the day.