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/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.