Be my guest. Reject it because of a temporary limitation. But be aware, the high speed DC chargers are getting faster every year. Do you think a change in usage patterns of an 80 year-old electric grid will support a 10x or 100x increase in demand? I hope not, but even if they have a 2x demand shows the ability of the grid to adapt is already a miracle of engenuity. Don't point to things you don't understand not working perfectly during a massive increase in demand as proof that EVs are a bad idea. Don't say "they can disconnect you from the grid". Ok, can they shut down your solar panels? Can you drive next door and buy electricity from your neighbor? Does your neighbor also have an oil well and a refinery in their garage?
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Lol! Dude, they can shut the car down remotely. Doesn't matter where you attempt to go to charge it. Plus, they will eventually be and to easily remotely shut off power to your whole house. That's already in place in some grids.
If you have enough panel to charge you car, cool. Most don't and can't on a roof. Many places won't allow you to build your own solar arrays that large. I think that's stupid, but facts are facts.
I can brew alcohol pretty much anywhere. If I have wooded property I can build a wood gassifier to run a generator or power an engine directly. Heck, I can build a steam turbine.
Another factor is that you aren't going to be and to replace that battery if it does die unless you pay a crapton if fiat IF you can get a replacement. IF.
Yes. If your engine breaks, some people replace the entire drivetrain. If you can find a replacement. IF! You are in cognitive dissonance. I'm not going to get through to you.
You think they can't shut down your modern gasoline car? If you can go to the trouble of converting your car to a gasifier, you can figure out how to install solar panels to charge your EV. You can also smash the cellular modem chip in your entertainment unit and they can't find your car. Why do I even need to explain this?
The remote shut down concern is valid but isn’t exclusive to EVs. Any modern, cyber connected vehicle is vulnerable regardless of powertrain
Yes, that's true, but, I can, if given enough time, hack and slash enough stuff to get a modern ICE engine to run. I cannot do that with an EV or in some hybrids.
Fair enough.
You must be smarter at that than I am haha. I tried to be a ‘shade tree mechanic’ and was super disillusioned. It seems like any modern vehicle runs on specific replaceable modules and I had no power when the operation fell outside of the stated permitters
The technology and computations that used to exist in the angle and shape of the lobes in the overhead cam now are in firmware of the ECU.
I have built race cars and installed aftermarket ECUs and tuned cars. I can troubleshoot many electrical systems and electronics, abs possibly fix them. Been doing that for years.
But, I can't program new modules easily if one is totally borked.
Well, one thing is for certain. I’ve never read so much about EV’s as I have here!
I've designed ECUs
Cool. Then you can fix stuff I can't.
You dont need to redesign an ecu when your engine stops working
I could replace an ecu that's not dependent on all the dumb body module BS or that's been locked by remote.
You need to slap in a new ECU when you can't start your car because of a remote shut fit event. Replacing the ecu is just the easiest way to bypass the bits that are preventing the engine from starting and running normally.
All of you just caused me to sell my cars and buy a tricycle.
I hope you took the Fiat and bought BTC. Or just sold them for BTC directly.
Was it an e-tricycle? They can remote disable those if they dont want you to leave home and they can also shut off your power. What you need is a wood fired locomotive and good 'ol steel rail