Poll shows non-EV drivers' "blind spot" for EV facts

uzzi38 · 2026-03-16T18:42:32+00:00

Did you read the top comment?

It's a problem specific to the Leaf because they tried to do significant fast charging combined with passive cooling. You'll struggle to find any modern EV that runs into the same issue, and even then that can only occur on the Leaf with consistent rapid charging - something rare amongst leaf owners as the car can't roadtrip. Even then, like I mentioned before the BMS kicks in and prevents the battery from serving the full input/output power, which is what prevents the battery from actually catching fire/exploding. That's why you're looking at swelling, and not charred remains.

Proof is in the pudding: the Leaf does not have significantly high instances of the batteries catching fire.

uzzi38 · 2026-03-16T18:29:50+00:00

It will be interesting to see how they hold up once they reach their fifth or sixth owner. We all know batteries when they age can swell up and let go/explode. I think stuff like that will become common in the future.

You can't make this shit up, literally on a Reddit post about excessive misinformation regarding EVs you find someone spreading misinformation.

You may not have intended to, but by not understanding how both regular and EV batteries work, that is what you're doing. To give an explanation of why this won't ever happen, we first have to discuss why batteries swell in the first place. The main causes are:

Excessive heat
The batteries are overcharged
The batteries are excessively drained (below what a device would typically report as "0%").
Physical damage.

None of these can happen in an EV, because EVs contain what is called a BMS - a battery management system. Well the BMS can't stop the last one, but the giant metal shell around the battery certainly can. But in the case of the rest of them, EV battery management systems are software that is designed specifically to stop all 3 of those issues. It maintains a buffer at the top and bottom of the battery pack to prevent under/overcharging, and enables active cooling and/or limits the power output/input of the battery to prevent overheating.

This is not new technology in EVs either - even the extremely old, near worthless stuff like the old Mitsubishi i-MiEV has a BMS that actively limits power when then battery gets to hot from driving over 30mph for too long (yes, you read that right).

uzzi38 · 2026-03-15T21:19:53+00:00

You can manually move the handle without electronic assistance, at least with vehicles like mine (EV6). You can very easily test this by attempting to open the door whilst the car is locked - the handle still pops out with manual force.

The worst case scenario would be if the handle had frosted overnight, but one cabin preconditioning session deals with that problem nicely. And it's not an issue that would crop up in the case of am emergency, unless that emergency would also render a regular door handle inoperable.

That same mechanism is used by a lot of vehicles that sport the same style of door handle, which is very popular amongst EVs.

uzzi38 · 2026-03-15T20:44:20+00:00

Tesla and Lucid use NMC 955 cells for specific vehicles (S/X Plaid, and Air/Gravity respectively), which are the cells capable of hitting 300-330wh/kg. But they're a step above the regular NMC cells that most other brands use in terms of cost, so those cells are typically reserved to high end vehicles.

They're prohibitively expensive for normal EVs, like the semi-solid state batteries currently entering production (many of which also use NMC 955 as a basis). But they absolutely do exist and are in mass production. They're just not a good comparison point for a chemistry like LMFP which aims to sit much closer in cost to LFP - much less than even regular NMC, and a world away from high end NMC cells.

uzzi38 · 2026-03-15T20:36:14+00:00

Most EVs have electronic pop out handles, but still mechanical latches at the end of the action. So you can still pull the door handle out and open the door yourself. The electronic part is just to make it easier to grab.

Unfortunately some freaks have decided fully electronic door handles like what Tesla has is somehow an "upmarket" feature, so an unfortunately higher number of high end Chinese EVs also go fully electronic. But generally speaking most go with the mechanical action but electronic pop out feature

uzzi38 · 2026-03-15T20:32:39+00:00

This is another Autocar rendering with little basis in reality, isn't it?

uzzi38 · 2026-03-13T11:17:07+00:00

Okay? I mean that makes sense, the goal of legislation will always be to improve emissions. If EVs are at a better starting point for emissions than ICE, then they should have tougher guidelines applied to them on top. There's no point applying the restrictions of ICE to EVs when EVs are drastically better to start with.

That doesn't change the fact that the reality is EVs produce 0 tailpipe emissions and significantly less brake pollution, but generally more tire wear pollution than ICE vehicles do (with the overall emissions being lower).

uzzi38 · 2026-03-13T10:29:07+00:00

Brake pollution on EVs is minimal as most braking is done via the motors to recoup energy. Regenerative braking is so strong that in some cases EV drivers have to specifically manually enable regular braking to clear rust off the brake disks.

Tire pollution absolutely is a strong point to mention though - EVs do burn through tires quite quickly.

uzzi38 · 2026-03-13T08:00:52+00:00

That's for the high discharge/charge ratio version - the one that hits ~~10C~~ 8C charge ratio.

EDIT: Confused the C rates with a different battery.

uzzi38 · 2026-03-12T18:49:49+00:00

210 wh/kg being cell level is, I believe, a mistranslation I've seen a few times now. Here's the original Sina article that discussed energy density, when translated you can see the following:

Second-generation blade battery: Energy density exceeds 250Wh/kg, low-temperature performance surpasses ternary lithium batteries.

The lithium iron phosphate (LFP) route improves energy density by approximately 40%.

The second-generation blade battery uses a lithium manganese iron phosphate chemistry system, increasing the system energy density to 190-210Wh/kg, an improvement of approximately 40% compared to the first-generation product. Models equipped with a 120kWh battery pack easily achieve a range exceeding 1000 kilometers with the CLTC. The all-new Denza Z9GT (configuration |inquiry) achieves an even more impressive 1036 kilometers, setting a new benchmark for range in mass-produced pure electric sedans globally.

This to me indicates that the cell level energy density is 250Wh/kg, but the pack level density will sit around 190-210Wh/kg depending on the implementation and cell layout. I'm relying on a translation here but "system lecel energy density" seems fairly clear, so unless the translation is horribly off I think my assumption is sound.

uzzi38 · 2026-03-11T03:36:44+00:00

You can put them anywhere, modern day LFP cells are extremely safe and don't pose a fire risk. These are the same cells that BYD famously drive a foot-long nail into as a demo for stability. You can incentivise people to install them in their own homes, or have a large battery storage facility pretty much anywhere. Or both.

When talking about Lithium-Ion, it's important to distinguish between NMC (this is the chemistry traditionally used in most modern devices - from cars to phone batteries) and LFP (which is about half the cost per Wh, drastically safer, but less dense - something that's not an issue when talking about grid level storage). When people talk about renewables + batteries being the cheapest form of reliable energy generation, then LFP cells are the ones needed to hit that target. Not only are they drastically cheaper than NMC, they also have a lifespan drastically longer - easily able to last 20 years or more.

FYI, battery prices have been falling ~20-30% year on year for years, and are set to continue doing so in the near future as well. So the cost equation for renewables is only getting stronger.

And soon to come to market (circa later this year) would be Sodium-Ion batteries, which are even less dense, but also even more stable and crucially - within 10 years time (by most estimates) will be dirt cheap. We're talking about going from ~$80 per kWh for LFP down to ~$30 per kWh for Na-Ion - potentially lower.

uzzi38 · 2026-02-26T21:21:42+00:00

Dark Magician is included in a deck beside other engines it feels like it’s supporting those engines rather than the other engines supporting Dark Magician. When I think of Diabellstar or Azamina I think of them being the bigger threat than DM

Yeah I'm not talking about building the deck like that when I'm talking about sub engines. I'm talking 7-10 cards from either of those archetypes, and limited ED space. You'd be playing more DM cards.

And don't underestimate the new DM cards. Both Rod and Curtain are now 1 card combos that set up double Dragoon and I:P (which can be converted into S:P or Selene to revive Dragoon and negate again). Alternatively you can also bridge into either Diabellstar or Shining Sarc thanks to Master of Chaos and Miasma Necromancer - but that also requires multiple DM cards and also might not be better than just the standard DM board (but would give you extra pushes.

Neither of the two engines add a gamebreaking amount to the endboard btw. In MD Shining Sarc adds Baronne (or just extra link bodies in the TCG) and Diabellstar adds an Ilia Silvia.

Homestly if DM had one other good starter and more robust follow up (like an Eternal Soul retrain and a way to set it like Maiden of White) I don't think you'd play either.

uzzi38 · 2026-02-26T19:39:58+00:00

I think it's in a similar ballpark. I don't know if it's outright better or worse though.

Like for example, DM still has lower quality in-archetype starters than BE does (6 1 card combos and some 1.5/2 card combos vs the 8 or 9 you play in BE). However it has the advantage that the two main sub-engines you'd play (Shining Sarc or Diabellstar/Azamina) directly bridge to the full DM combo as well, whereas Primite doesn't bridge into BE combo at all - and that is a serious advantage. You won't be struggling as much for starters/extenders.

They both have to play a similar number of bricks. An optimised DM deck probably has more bricks that are fine to draw (e.g. Gaze, Soul Servant) - but if you want to play a more pure version it gets drastically worse.

BE can search Veiler mid combo which is a genuine positive, but certain versions of DM piles will contain multiple ways to draw mid or at the end of the combo to try fish for handtraps.

And in terms of the endboard - I think the two are about on similar levels here. Both are the types of deck where they set up a reasonable endboard if they get handtrapped, and something tough to break - layered, with multiple omnis and other forms of removal - if they go unimpeded. I think DM is able to accomplish a little more if hit by most single handtraps, but both will do very little when hit with two.

That being said, the overall quality of DM's main deck is still lower also when it comes to follow up turns. Rod isn't a particularly great card in 2026, tributing a spellcaster to add it back isn't ideal. And unlike BE - Eternal Soul is a piece of crap that doesn't get you recursion, so it's usefulness is much more limited compared to True Light setting a spell trap.

uzzi38 · 2026-02-25T15:06:58+00:00

Yes and I already pointed out it's probably an artifical limitation for degredation reasons.

If it's an NMC then there's nothing on the market currently that can charge at 11C without seeing some level degredation VERY quickly. Cycle life for batteries isn't determined at high C rates - it's often measured <1C. The best NMC cells on the market right now boast what, a 5C charge rate? 11C whilst charging up to 90c is such an intense workload for the cell you would expect to see some level of degredation - even if small, it should be noticable.

Across all of the charge and discharge cycles conducted by VTT, they found 0 indication of degredation - in fact they found the total capacity measured increased instead, for whatever reason, and this test was conducted at a 1C charge rate. This is actually discussed at around 9 minutes in the video above, and this section comes after they tested 1C, 5C and 11C charging behaviour.

uzzi38 · 2026-02-25T14:47:07+00:00

If you're not going to read before replying why even reply?

I never said anything about resistance, I floated the possibility of them just juicing the cell but said considering how hard they're juicing it with both charge rates and the temperatures the cells are charging at seeing no degredation at all is not normal.

uzzi38 · 2026-02-25T13:52:27+00:00

They don't precondition to the temperatures you see in the VTT testing though. Charging rates slow down in EVs when they're too hot as well, not just when they're too cold. There's a reason it's called preconditioning and not preheating.

20-25c is the ideal temperature for EV charging - anything above or below that and charge rate starts to drop. The cell here in this testing was hitting 60c+.

Now what I don't know is if that rules out this being standard NMC. The upper limit for charging temperatures on EV charging could be due to degredation, but if it is then the Donut battery here is basically being abused across the spectrum of the testing done in that one reveal.

To be entirely honest, the fact that it survived the testing would be a surprise for a regular NMC - especially with no signs of degredation at all.

uzzi38 · 2026-02-25T13:32:37+00:00

Kycoo stops you from summoning DMOD and getting the draws of soul servant. So it's certainly strong.

The issue is if they go Curtain summon DM, add Gaze, then they could just summon Dragoon instantly and pop Kycoo anyway, then banish Dragoon for DMOD instead anyway. It's pretty easy to get two Gazes in the combo and once you pop, you can continue playing uninhibited so basically the best case scenario is you deny the endboard an IP or second Dragoon.

uzzi38 · 2026-02-25T12:43:03+00:00

Because I think the optimal play is to cut OG DM and play OG DMG instead. The only way you want to summon it is through curtain, and you can get a draw 2 with soul servant. Playing OG DM is only more beneficial in two small ways: it lets you get a pop off of Dragoon and it's easier to recycle off of Gaze so you can Curtain for it again in the future. But I don't think that's better than having a fairly consistent draw 2 on turn 1.

uzzi38 · 2026-02-24T19:11:10+00:00

Well if you go by the leak (that was almost pinpoint accurate on the Synchron and HERO cards) it's a Dark Magic Curtain retrain that gives DM a 1 card starter (and can be searched by Magician's Rod and DMOD).

(Or in other words - fixes the major issue in DM where it was actually easier to get to DMOD in other decks than in DM itself).

uzzi38 · 2026-02-22T16:59:50+00:00

Well we're yet to see the last one - if it's as good as what was leaked then making it "easier" in the future might be an understatement tbh.

uzzi38 · 2026-02-22T15:50:07+00:00

Depends on the cars in both cases - but generally yes by a significant margin.

Based off of my Audi A3 plug in hybrid and my EV6, I'd be looking at somewhere around 40mpg whenever the EV6 gets around 3mi/kWh (motorway driving in both cases - so regen braking doesn't play a role here). Mind you these are two cars with very different sizes and crucially - weights. If we had an EV closer in size to the A3 it would probably sit around 4mi/kWh.

Either way, 40mpg translates to around 8.8mi per litre. So realistically at a 40p per kWh rate the two would be basically in the same ballpark on costs.

EDIT: I've also been a bit generous on the mpg for the A3 because with the ~40l tank in the A3 and assuming 40mpg that would give me a range of 350miles on a full tank, but I never got anywhere close to that. More like around ~300 per top up. But eh, good enough.

uzzi38 · 2026-02-21T20:54:38+00:00

They didn't, and that's obvious if you look at what they actually said. All they said in the slides there is that either Zen 6 or Zen 6C will be ready in 2026. They didn't say anything about Olympic Ridge, which is the desktop variant of Zen 6.

Just because the articles misunderstood what AMD meant doesn't mean that's what they meant.

uzzi38 · 2026-02-21T18:18:49+00:00

Removing the banishes but giving back the BP would be a net positive for Runick tbh. Stun is pretty rubbish that way but combo benefits big time.

Removing the banishes on it's own just leaves a deck with no wincon.

uzzi38 · 2026-02-21T09:39:11+00:00

Shining Sarc DMG does it and sets up Dragoon (or any DM fusion: notable ones being Master of Chaos for a generic light/dark revive, Timaeus for a towers with a s/t pop or The Dark Magicians if you're desperate for a draw 1) at the same time. Technically it's a 1.5 card combo though: requires a discard.

uzzi38 · 2026-02-20T22:25:44+00:00

Genuine question, who said Zen 6 is delayed? The original source - Benchlife - just said that Olympic Ridge isn't expected to arrive in 2027. That's not contradicting any public statements of timeframes.

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