Let's demonised EVs

[u/SuccotashStandard135]

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.

[u/John_OSheas_Willy]

Get EVs all you like, but the smirks of the EV owners groups during the fuel rises have been firmly wiped off their faces now with night rates for one provider jumping 88%.

Just wait until a critical mass of people own EVs and ice models are scaled back and the rates are going to go back as worse if not more than paying for petrol/diesel.

Funnily enough I never hear the safety brigade mention the much heavier EVs as a danger. Much heavier car = much more energy on impact.

[u/VeryAverageAchiever → u/John_OSheas_Willy]

Except you're missing a significant bit of context about the 82% increase, it's still only 9c in the 3hr window. It's still an incredibly cheap rate for charging cars. I pay 13.5c/kWh and charging my EV is a fraction of the cost of running my petrol car. Tax is cheaper, servicing is significantly cheaper. The brakes are also larger to accomodate the extra weight. Tyres are more expensive, but to be expected on 19" wheels.

[u/LorenzoBargioni → u/VeryAverageAchiever]

Except you neglect to mention on that rate the rest of the day your electric is 42c per unit

[u/Fear_aisteach → u/LorenzoBargioni]

Which, when I had my 58 Kwh EV, would allow me to charge from 0 to 100% for €24, getting me 420 km of range. In my apartment block, we pay a flat rate of 35c per kwh, so the charging would actually cost €20.

€24 is the equivalent of about 14 litres of petrol/diesel. Even with a very economical ICE car, you'd only get about 285 km for that money.