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Cars are like horses: people will soon realise EVs are just better, claims VW boss
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this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2026
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I'm only interested when the vehicles are simple and affordable and the charging stations are fast and ubiquitous.
Same. I don't care about the range or anything. I want an EV to spend less money (that's what they say) but:
Which will be 20 years.
People seem to forget gas cars took 50+ years to become widely adopted. They were not really accessible to the middle and lower classes until after WW2.
For some reason people here just want to scream and moan and browbeat anyone who doesn't want to buy an EV today, when they are unaffordable, inconvenient, and make zero sense unless all you do is commute to work and run local errands. Lots of vehicles are used for different purposes.
I wouldn't call any car affordable these days so that's a moot point. The rest of your description of EVs is not accurate at all. I drive an EV long distances across rural Montana regularly. If it works for me I can guarantee it would work wherever you are.
I'm not you. There are no ev charging stations in rural areas where I go. it's just woods.
My EV has over 300 mile range: most people aren’t going that far into the woods
You can already drive cross country in almost any EV. There are more charging stations in my area than there are gas station.
Mechanically, EVs are very simple. Cost and "complexity" (app, touchscreens, etc) are rampant in ICE cars today as well, so buying one of those won't really make a difference there either.
Yea I'm all for simplicity. But honestly a modern EV is probably LESS complex than a modern ice. They all have the same complexities with stupid computers for every component (body control modules, "infotainment" crap, hell vw likes to have a module in each door and each seat to controll door locks windows etc) but Ice also had complications of an engine. I love gas engines I'm a gear head, but let me be the first to tell u that there's a LOT less going on in an electric drivetrain than a gasser. Sure the control modules for evs are computers in of themselves, but a modern auto drivetrain has a computer for the engine and a sperate computer for / in the transmission, plus they both have computers for abs/tc and interior crap and cameras etc. My hurdle to adopting electric is their so goddamned expensive that they can't outweigh oil, gas, and service costs yet. (If you disagree about that, that's another conversation. I drive sub 3k$ cars when I have to but mainly ride motorcycles and do my own work so no there isn't a way to get around cheaper in an EV than an ice for me yet)
Yeah, that is the real issue with EVs, and probably the only complaint I've seen in all these comments that is valid.
It shocks people when I tell them this, but I did NOT buy an EV to save money. In most situations, buying a new (to you) car will cost you more than fixing the old car many times over. So I'm not shocked that I'm paying more for the EV. I'm more shocked that with the insane cost of gas lately, my EV is getting close to breaking even on monthly driving cost compared to my partner's civic.
I think it's funny that the complaint people bring up in these kinds of threads; that EVs aren't that "green", that they are unreliable, that charging is inconvenient, or that they aren't practical... is completely wrong, and people who have EVs love them because they are exactly the opposite of that.
Will the other reason that I can't get and EV is because I have no way of charging it at home so I'd be 100% reliant on public charges and they cost a fortune because they overcharge for the electricity.
I did the math for my EV. Even the expensive fast charging station near me came out to be only about 25% of the cost my old ICE car would get for gas on a per mile basis. The slower level 2 chargers typically cost substantially less than that, but are really only worth it if you were going to park in a lit that had them anyway.
is it?
Tesla sells the least reliable vehicles you can buy right now.
and
They also have the highest crash rate.
And
The newer models have the battery pack glued into the frame, cannot be replaced, just junked. All models have a cast aluminum frame that is brittle in crashes and cannot be repaired, leading to more write-offs, more junk.
Tesla making unreliable cars doesn't mean that EV is an inherently unreliable technology.
People complain about hybrids because they add more parts and complexity, which people assume makes them less reliable. Yet Toyota hybrids are consistently rated as among the most reliable vehicles you can buy.
My point is that the brands and their QC standards are really important.
Wow... Sounds like one brand of cars known for having QC problems has QC problems.
The module in each door is actually a cost saving - All you gotta send to the door is canbus/linbus, power, ground and an optical cable from the headunit for (potentially) an in-door amplifier.
What it is is a fucking headache I put a Passat module in a Jetta then the door lock button operated the window lmfao. Thankfully they don't really go bad often !
The simple bit is already done, EVs require way less upkeep. The affordable bit is done as well, those ones are just banned to "protect domestic auto markets" (depending on where in the world you live).
The fast ubiquitous charging is still very location dependent. In CA I have no issue finding chargers on roadtrips. I imagine TX is not the same. If you happen to have access to a charger at home or work then 99% of your problems are solved.
Seriously, I’m not even in California and charging is a solved issue
Limited by my road trips, I can tell you that everywhere between Virginia and Boston has convenient trip chargers …… and I never bothered looking at anything other than tesla
Even only the north east and California had trip chargers, that’s a population close to 100M. And most decent sized cities everywhere have trip chargers - we’re covered for at least half the population, and probably much much more
First, you buy a charger at home. Then you don't need any more. Or you drive from charger to charger. You just don't get it.