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An idling gas engine may be annoyingly loud, but that's the price you pay for having WAY less torque available at a standstill.

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[–] Michal@programming.dev 11 points 2 months ago (29 children)

It matters to people who drive more during the day than their range allows. They don't want to wait 20 minutes for the car to charge every time they venture 300km out and back /s

[–] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 months ago (10 children)

Why do people still pretend it takes longer than 20 minutes to get a 50% charge increase?

[–] DontRedditMyLemmy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Wait, I'm confused (out of date??) I thought it took hours to charge. Has that changed?

[–] myplacedk@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago
  1. I don't have enough charge for my trip. I'm also thirsty.

  2. I go to a grocery store with a fast charger.

  3. I buy a drink.

  4. I have enough charge.

If it's a long trip where I need more charge, I choose a car snack, and I'll have enough.

If I'm on an actual long car trip and I want to charge all the way from the warning light to 100%, I will need to eat a meal anyway. I just find a McDonald's/cafe,/restaurant/whatever with a fast charger, and it'll be full before I'm done.

But finding a store/eating place with a fast charger is still waaaay less convenient than just finding a place where I can get diesel in seconds, and find a different place to get drinks/food/snacks.

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