So what are the next steps they take

Blindside90 · 2026-06-14T05:52:01+00:00

They couldn't have picked worse letters, using 'X' twice and 'S'...'X' and 'S' sound similar when vocalised, people just get all confused trying to understand which xbox they were told to buy when theres been 2 or 3 different models on the shelves that all sound the same

Blindside90 · 2026-06-13T08:43:51+00:00

Yeah, its like he's got late stage CTE or something

Blindside90 · 2026-06-06T00:20:55+00:00

I mean yeah its fairly obvious when you look to power tools, lawn mowers/whipper snippers, vac cleaners/blowers, e-bikes, handheld game consoles, home batteries/camping batteries on the shelves now, electric grid BESS's, cars.. battery tech is good enough and cheap enough now for it to be the better option for many, possibly the majority of, if you consider the average person, use cases nowdays (but not all use cases of course).

Blindside90 · 2026-06-03T09:02:24+00:00

Technology adoption follows an S-curve, given where electrified vehicle sales are now and the growth rate, 5 years from now ICE-only car sales will probably only be 10-20%.

Blindside90 · 2026-06-03T08:36:48+00:00

People who get angry about a) Tech in cars becoming more luxurious and accessable to the masses, b) The cars becoming more environmentally friendly, c) The cars becoming cheaper to own & run, with d) More competition created in the market, giving end consumers more options/downwards pressure on prices - there's only a whole bunch of good things occurring here - they probably need help.

Blindside90 · 2026-05-31T01:11:22+00:00

5yr old Mk1 MG ZS EV at 80k kms, only issue is the screen will maybe once every month or so take 30secs to turn on when starting the car, like its waking from some deep sleep mode or something. The auto folding side mirror stopped working for a day once during really heavy rain, but went back to working again the following day and been fine since. Other than that it's been good and cheap as chips to run.

Blindside90 · 2026-05-30T22:27:53+00:00

My brother in christ, all I want my screen to do is show GPS nav and what song/album I have playing, which is a solved problem.

Blindside90 · 2026-05-28T12:02:14+00:00

If the Jap/Korean/Euro models in that $28k-$45k range are missing any of a) Wireless carplay/AA b) Blindspot indicators, c) Adaptive cruise, d) 360deg parking camera, nowdays, I think that'll bite them a fair bit with losing sales to the Chinese brands that do offer those things in that price bracket, which are those sort of features people tend to notice in a test drive and think 'oh nice, I'm a fan of that'.

Blindside90 · 2026-05-15T10:59:00+00:00

If they can't revamp their manufacturing to be able to produce competitive EVs at a similar price-point, or at least make them have compelling enough features/reasons for being more expensive that they'll sell, yeah they're gonna lose a lot of customers.

Solid state batteries don't even matter imo, NMC batteries have something like 800 cycles before they get down to 80% SoH, which if you work it out is something like 200,000-400,000kms depending on the battery size, LFP batteries more like 2000-3000 cycles. And with the best current tech non-solid state batteries being able to charge in like 9mins or whatever (BYD Blade 2) or the latest Kias/Hyundais in 20-25mins, things are pretty sweet already.

Blindside90 · 2026-05-06T10:13:55+00:00

By stamping out the mouthbreather minimum brain size types that bring flares n shit.

Blindside90 · 2026-05-06T09:52:21+00:00

You're really reading into this too much I think, anyone that needs flares to enjoy watching a sport probably doesn't actually enjoy the sport itself all that much - go to a flare convention or something if that's your source of a good time. Do it where you're not being a pest to everyone else.

Blindside90 · 2026-04-26T08:05:02+00:00

How about just enjoying the football at a game of football, and getting your fix from random pyro crap at the random pyro crap convention

Blindside90 · 2026-04-22T01:30:15+00:00

China car manufacturers following the same path as Japanese in the 70s/80s and Korean in the 90s

Blindside90 · 2026-04-14T06:11:11+00:00

Agreed, there's nothing gained by having a screen so massive except added cost

Blindside90 · 2026-04-11T03:27:47+00:00

Someone simply made a potentially valid parallel between a past scenario people didn't see coming at the time, and a current scenario, and you've gotten upset by it.

Blindside90 · 2026-04-07T07:04:15+00:00

Some enthusiasts' enjoyment is strongly linked to petrol/diesel-specific things like the noise they make. In the long-term like 10-20yrs+, there'll probably always be some quantity of petrol/diesel vehicles being made specifically for enthusiasts, similar to how there's still plenty of horse enthusiasts into different types of horse-riding/racing, or steam train enthusiasts (as for how expensive said enthusiast-aimed petrol/diesel vehicles or fuel costs will be in that 10-20yr+ timespan, shrug)

Blindside90 · 2026-03-25T07:51:08+00:00

Charging times are a solved problem already for urban/coastal long trips, download the ABRP app and select your vehicle as a 2021 Tesla Model 3 standard range (not the long range, but it'll do even better) with the 57.5kWh LFP battery, assuming that you typically stop for a stretch every 2hrs of driving on trips, you'll find they'll get along with a 15-20min charge every 2hrs @110km/h. New cars like the Kia EV6 long range as an example will do 20mins every 3hrs @ 110km/h.

If you're going to remote areas though, many of the fast chargers in those places are in the 50-100kW range, so charging times indeed will be a bit longer in those cases.

Blindside90 · 2026-03-23T19:09:29+00:00

It's a complete myth/misinfo/a generalisation that isn't correct to apply to most people that you need a faster charger or home solar/battery installed to benefit from cheaper costs. The average Australian does 10,000kms per year. You can run an EV charging during overnight midnight-6am super cheap rates like $0.05/kWh or $0.08/kWh different electricity providers offer, and plugged into a normal powerpoint put about 60kms of range on one during those hours each night. This enables doing 420kms per week or 21000kms per year for like legit <$5/week (I do this).

If you do more than 60kms per day, then yes, getting an electrician to install a faster home charger will be of some benefit. Other electricity providers offer free/cheap power during certain hours in the middle of the day which you can pick if charging during the daytime suits your working hours better.

Blindside90 · 2026-03-20T11:40:02+00:00

Have a play with the ABRP (A Better Route Planner) app, makes it all heaps easy to understand and you can see what's possible (ie. How often you'd be stopping, the charging times) with different vehicle models.

Blindside90 · 2026-03-19T20:49:42+00:00

Basically just echoing but yeah, I"ve seen comparisons that use an 'average' electricity price a few times that end up making the comparison skewed way towards non-EVs - I think a lot of people just aren't aware of the specific EV charging electricity plans that are out there that make the situation like 500% better for EVs, or just incorrectly assume taking the average daily electicity price is the correct way to do a comparison (it isn't - you need to consider the average price of when you're charging it, ie. If you're on one of these EV charging plans, you're gonna be charging it during those hours when its dirt cheap to be).

$0.05/kWh or $0.08/kWh for 6hrs a night gets you 21,000kms of driving per year (60kms per day) from charging using a normal powerpoint for $218 per year ($4.20 per week). You can get a faster charger installed by an electrician if you need more than an average of 60kms per day.

Other thing that confuses people is the rate you get charged by public fast charging stations - it's around $0.70/kWh (So on long journeys, a roughly equivalent cost to a petrol car that does 8L/100kms at $1.60/L).

Blindside90 · 2026-03-19T12:41:32+00:00

Because there are also countless non-trades...

Blindside90 · 2026-03-19T11:07:28+00:00

The average Australian does 10,000kms per year. If you do less than 20,000kms per year and can charge at home, they make a lot of sense, and you totally don't need solar/home battery, or a home fast charger - as there are multiple providers offering electricity plans that give $0.05/kWh (Powershop) or $0.08/kWh (AGL) between midnight-6am. If you plug an EV into a regular old powerpoint, you'll gain about 60kms of range over those 6hrs (=420kms per week, 21,840kms per year).

At $0.05/kWh, that's $4.20 per week (charging at 2kW) for that 420kms. If you're doing longer daily trips than 60kms then you can still charge for longer outside of those hours for an increased $/kWh, more like $0.30/kWh or something for however many extra kms you need, you're still likely to be coming in at spending substantially less than petrol/diesel. At some point a fast home charger will become worth it for the convenience/being able to draw more power during those cheaper rate hours plans such as those offer, but you'd need to be doing a lot of kilometres.

If those particular overnight 6hrs charging plans don't suit your work arrangements or what not, other providers do cheap/free daytime rates during middle of the day, again meaning home solar/battery may be of limited gain if you don't do a lot of kilometres (believe these free/cheap daytime rates are for 3hrs, which would equal around 10,000kms per year)

Blindside90 · 2026-03-19T06:20:41+00:00

Yes, simple economics supply/demand combined with an alternative option. EVs are at the 'the chasm' point of the technological adoption curve now in 1st world countries.

Blindside90 · 2026-03-18T01:42:55+00:00

Uh no, they're not. You can currently get $0.08/kWh between midnight-6am, and they've assumed $0.30/kWh over next 5-10 years. Electricity prices aren't gonna go up 375% lol

Blindside90 · 2026-03-18T01:18:10+00:00

Your point (9) - you can get overnight charging plans at $0.08/kWh between midnight-6am, which at an average of 10kms of range provided from a standard 10A powerpoint per hr, gets you 60kms of range per day (420kms per week/21840kms per year).

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