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EVs still have major quality problems, and it’s mostly about the software (www.theverge.com)
submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I just want an EV company to make the equivalent of a shitty Toyota Prius.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

A Nissan Leaf?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They're discontinuing it in 2026.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There's tons on the used market.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

They all use Chademo connectors and air cooled batteries. Might be ok for puttering around town or as a commuter car, but that’s about it.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago

That covers like 99% of all private car use.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

They did say a shitty prius.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Chevy Bolt EV/EUV

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)

General Motors accidentally made a good car so that's why they had to kill it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I was pleasantly surprised how good the Bolt was and still liked it after 3 years of leasing it. I was ready to get another one after the lease was over, but the pandemic changed my decision (working from home meant I didn't really need a nice car and definitely wasn't driving enough for the price plus-up for EV to make sense, so I got a used beater).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

How did you feel about the L3 charging rate? 50kW isn’t super fast.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Barely noticed it. The only time most people would use that are on long road trips, which I only take about twice a year (most of my road trips are between 100-200 miles one way, which can be done with filling up at the destination). So if I used L3, it was for 30 minutes while grabbing lunch on the road and getting half the charge "filled." 99% of my charging was L2 at home or at destinations.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

Which has been discontinued. They have said they'll bring back a EUV for the 2026 model year, but we'll see if that comes to fruition.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

FYI you can get these relatively cheap from Hertz if you don't mind the base model. Sure it was a rental, but many of them have <15k miles

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Sorry, theyre banned here because china made em