RE: WTF: Fire and Ice
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There is a ton of irony of your friend thinking about buying a gas combustible vehicle because he's worried about fires... 'gas-combustible' means it's powered by fiery little explosions.
I think people forget that:
A.) Mass produced EVs are relatively new while ICE vehicles have been around since 1910ish...
B.) Hybrid vehicles are good for areas without adequate charging... but from a technology standpoint, they are the worst of both worlds - they have the weight and new technology of a battery, and they have flammable gas right there too:
I truly hope your friend does like 5 seconds of Googling before making a major purchase decision, even if he does have the resources for a lot of pointless consumption.
Hybrids are like living in flats - all the worst of a house, and a unit combined.
When it comes to EVs, I am hoping to hold out until the solid state or hydrogen are introduced and viable locally. The EV charging in Finland is no issue at all already - but the cost of electricity keeps climbing.
Yeah, I have to assume that at some point, it's going to be really hard to sell your ICE car - in a similar way it's hard to sell a manual/stick-shift car today. It's not impossible, but there just aren't many buyers out there.
If it does get really hard, that potentially informs our buying decisions 5-10 years beforehand - ideally you're not buying a car that'll be really difficult to sell when you want to change.
I'm hoping we can stay a single car family and that our 12 year old ICE car has another 8-10 years left in it - and then go EV, but we'll see how that goes.