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That’s a good thing, you can re-fuel it without having to find a dedicated charging spot and compared to EVs they are far more repairable.

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This guy has an interesting perspective on that topic. He provides good points on how what you’re saying could be wrong

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkabBP85e2I

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Interesting video, never knew about custom operating systems/firmware for EVs. Still an old dumb car is what I will use for the time being.

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you can re-fuel it without having to find a dedicated charging spot

Really? Does it rain gas from the sky in your area?

compared to EVs they are far more repairable.

No they’re not.

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Ive been fixing and repairing the same 04 Ford Focus for over 6 years. Its been legally totaled over 6 times, if you can find a hybrid that would be as easy to repair I’d love to see it.

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We weren’t talking about hybrids. Old Nissan Leaf probably equally easy.

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Yes you can re-fuel it, ever heard of a gas can? While you’re waiting for your EV to charge on the side of the road I’m already off driving. I should have specified old dumb cars are more repairable.

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Yes you can re-fuel it, ever heard of a gas can?

So people just leave full gas cans all over the place in your area?

While you’re waiting for your EV to charge on the side of the road I’m already off driving.

An EV charges nearly as quickly as you can fill up yours with gas…

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People are aguing about the reparability thing a lot. Current electric cars are less reparable, but that is by design. Car manufacturers are using electric as an excuse to make cars harder to repair. The reality is that electric motors and batteries are dead simple, they just add a bunch of techno bullshit to make them worse. Charging is bad right now, but that will improve with time, just like gas did when gas cars were new. I like cars, and hate seeing them being turned into what they are today, but there is nothing fundamentally different about electric cars to make them the piles of absolute garbage they are, (apart from battery technology not being great right now). 90% of the problems with electric cars are there by design, and I think everyone should buy a car that isn’t designed to suck, whether it’s gas, electric, steam, or fart powered.

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Hurr, my 1000 piece gas engine transmission are easier to fix than an electric motor with literally 2 bearings!

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No modern car by a major manufacture is easily repairable, ICE or EV.

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Exactly right, they are all extremely complex mechanically and electronically. Engine and transmission technology have come a long way, and I guess the absurd complexity is the trade-off we got for the improvements

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The complexity does no necessity locking diagnostic code away from consumers or small shops. The complexity does not necessity creating increasingly granular parts that don’t work between close models. The “improvements” are often just marketing hype or incremental nonsense. The infotainment centers on cars are a great example.

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