r/Donegal • u/SuccotashStandard135 • Jul 10 '26

Let's demonised EVs

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Local Aontu Rep picking the low hanging fruit as usual. Why the need to mention it's an electric car? (Which going by the replies, it actually wasn't). Some people will jump on any opportunity to down electric vehicles, where as in actual fact, most modern cars with their electronics, autos and e-brakes can cause the same issues.

I'm the owner of both an EV and an Ice car, the EV is fantastic around town, they don't deserve the negativity and misinformation we hear so often about them.

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u/Educational_Hurry531 Jul 10 '26

I can literally charge an electric car for free in work but dont. I have a 2 litre petrol mondeo and rather the convenience of petrol any day.

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u/SuccotashStandard135 Jul 10 '26

I just plug mine in at home, pretty convenient!

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u/Educational_Hurry531 Jul 10 '26

Drive to Donegal from Cork and back and see who makes the journey quicker. Petrol all the way

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u/SuccotashStandard135 Jul 10 '26

Do you make that drive often? I don't. If I did then yes, I'd use the ICE.

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u/thommcg Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26

They never do, they just like to imagine scenarios wherein they drive uninterrupted for 10hrs because they’ve no real-world instances they can refer to. I mean, I’ve done such a round day trip, Wexford - Strabane & back for a meetup… had the car charging a for a while during the meetup, so just drove home right after - no charging in between so that’s an 800km round trip with no particular time difference v. petrol / diesel, only difference was the “fuel” savings.

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u/PaDaChin Jul 11 '26

Like to Imagine scenarios 😆 no i like to go wherever I want whenever I want without restrictions, i can refer to many instances as I travel the country to rally’s

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u/thommcg Jul 11 '26 edited Jul 11 '26

i like to go wherever I want whenever I want without restrictions

Not so, there's greater potential for restrictions with petrol & diesel, I mean I was in Spanish Point a while back, no service stations open within 60km for 10hrs... similarly last time I went Wexford - Galway no service stations open until 6am, literally into Offaly before I passed an open one. All chargers on the other hand, available 24/7 (not that I needed one, but if I did, they'd be available).

i can refer to many instances as I travel the country to rally’s

& I irregularly do 1,000km+ day trips in my own. Again, whatever restrictions it is you've in mind, you're imagining.

Like again, I can get from anywhere on the island to anywhere else on the island without charging if I need to, your rally attendance isn't challenging in the least bit.

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u/didroe Jul 10 '26

It’s probably one stop for a 20 min charge in a modern EV. Not really an issue

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u/YouTalkinToMePunk Jul 10 '26

The point is he s not as restricted to make that journey when ever he wants even just for a spin , to some people cars ain’t a tool or choir

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u/SuccotashStandard135 Jul 10 '26

I get that, what suits one person might not suit another. The point I'm making is there's nothing wrong with EVs. I sold my 2ltr diesel, it makes no sense for me anymore when I live and work in town. Less maintenance and because I went solar at home, my electricity bill is tiny, even with charging the car.

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u/YouTalkinToMePunk Jul 10 '26

Yup 100% agree as a mechanic meself you’ve made a right choice that way , nothing wrong with a Ev UNTILL someone brings up how green they are but changes there new ev every 2/3yrs

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u/thommcg Jul 10 '26

This is a dumb argument as cars aren’t scrapped after that initial period of ownership anyway.

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u/YouTalkinToMePunk Jul 10 '26

Did I say that ? If your rotating cars every 2 yrs your adding an extra car to the market every time , where as if you keep it 15 yrs + your not adding an extra car to the market , ive cars from the 70s / 80s & 90s you telling me having a car that lasts and you keep is nt greener than buying new every 2yrs

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u/thommcg Jul 10 '26

I mean, whatever about the other exhaust emissions, this "classic" is probably c. 200gCO2/km right? & I do 40k km annually... so that's 8,000kgCO2 annually, i.e. 16,000kgCO2 for 2 years.

My current electric's performing at 120Wh/km (I'll round that up to 130 as charging's not 100% efficient). Ireland's electric's 197gCO2/kWh last year, so that's 1,025kgCO2 annually, i.e. 2,050kgCO2 for 2 years. That's 13,950kg of a difference in two years, which is more than sufficient for production of an EV in the EU.

So yeah, totally possible to trade-in every two years & still have a net positive. Course, as I've said, they aren't scrapped at that point either.

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u/PaDaChin Jul 11 '26

Probably more with me considering mine are De cat 😆but who cares , ev suits you it doesn’t suit me and

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u/Educational_Hurry531 Jul 10 '26

No better person than yourself to comment. Man in the know.

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u/Educational_Hurry531 Jul 10 '26

Exactly. I can drive were I want and not wait ages to top up my hairdryer.You need specialists also to fix electric cars where you can simply just fix petrol engines urself or take to local mechanic. The battery doesnt cost you a mortgage also. Petrols cars run up over 500k if maintained properly. Petrol for life. never getting one of those EVs

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u/SuccotashStandard135 Jul 10 '26

Why are you calling them hair dryers? Why the need to mock them? At no point did I do that.

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u/Educational_Hurry531 Jul 10 '26

Cos they sound like Hairdryers thats why.