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[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago (5 children)

TBH, the most astonishing reveal from the study for me was that Hybrid owners weren’t charging their vehicles. Unfortunately, the why isn’t covered in the study since it seems to just be hard math and statistical analysis.

Are they just not plugging in at night?

Too frustrated with the battery draining too quickly?

Driving too far for the battery to meaningfully contribute between charges?

Is the extra hardware mass making the ICE that much less efficient?

Laziness from having to fill both the battery and the gas tank?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago

To be fair, I’m really just judging the EC’s article writer. Not the trustworthiness of EC or the study itself.

[–] [email protected] 136 points 8 months ago (21 children)

When I saw the headline, I thought this was clickbait, since the headline and the linked article avoided quantifying how much CO2 the vehicles said they consumed vs the real world usage.

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If you dig into the cited materials, it turns out it wasn’t hyperbole.

That said, I still consider it extremely poor form to omit the information the study was centering its argument around.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Yes, and I personally would rather avoid paying a premium over the electricity I can get at home. If I intend to stick to that, then I have to be prepared for when Murphy shows his unwelcome face.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Mmm. Did Russia even need to incite it, or just toss gasoline on the flames that are already burning?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (3 children)

There are reasonable reasons for wanting a greater range than you expect to use on a regular basis. Not the least of which is a power outage or your own home charger choosing an inopportune moment to kick the bucket, as you are your own gas station manager.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Again, my question stands, what if he ignores the monitor and posts bond? What’s preventing him from just doing what he wants?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (5 children)

What happens if Trump simply disregards the monitor, and posts bond?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Can’t read the article since it wants me to disable my adblocker, and that ain’t happening.

But, if the campaign is skewing African American women… then why does the billboard for this article depict a white woman?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

Just because Trump may be out of the picture, doesn’t mean the folks who watch Fox suddenly disappear into the ether.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

TBH, it’s surprising it took until the Wii for Nintendo to learn this lesson on console.

Heck, the GBA didn’t even have an original Mario Playformer.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Is that even possible at this stage? Car battery technology is still very much in its infancy and alternative forms of storage are an intense point of investment.

I certainly agree that that should happen, but I feel like we’re still in the Wild West era of electric cars.

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