Except you can’t fill up with gas at home (unless you keep a large tank for yard equipment), but you can easily charge at home. 

I have an EV, and know over 30 people at work that commute in them as well, ranging from long range Teslas to the tiny Chevy Spark EV. None of them have range anxiety after about a month or so of ownership. You fall into a routine and it becomes totally normal. I rarely check the range in my Leaf anymore. I know it…

My biggest complaint is that the retraction mechanism on the chargers is strong and abrupt enough to pull my shoulder out of its socket. Is someone going to solve that problem?

Depends where you live. We have chargers everywhere in my area. 

It’s really not that hard. Do you forget to fill up with gas?

I didn’t see anywhere in this article that qualified what “rich people” actually means.

I can’t wait for mainstream EV pickups regardless of who makes them. Tesla, Rivian, Ford, whoever; doesn’t matter to me. They make so much sense for fleet vehicles like landscapers and contractors.

I wonder what the EV brodozer equivalent of rolling coal will be?

Or you know, by actually talking to your manager or finding another job.

To be fair, steam technology was over 100 years old by the time this was built, so there was a lot of experience and literature to draw from.

Username checks out. 

No, I work work in the high tech industry, not the automotive industry, although there’s a lot of crossover between the design and manufacturing methods of the two industries. 

In my experience, older engineers won’t like it on principle (it’s “new”), and even as a younger engineer, I’ve never found VR to be useful in the actual design phase. A keyboard, 2D mouse, and a 3D mouse are just so much more accurate and precise than VR controllers waving around in space.

Well, we did buy a 2018 Leaf, but at the net price of about $27k, we’ve been very happy with it.

Ok, I’m going to speak from experience here. When the company went under, a bunch of the finished cars in their warehouse got brought to Oregon for resale, and they had an absolute firesale on them. I think they were right around $9k back in 2012, for a brand new car.

At least it still qualifies for the full $7500 tax credit, plus whatever state incentives you might get.

Uh wut? You realize these radar systems can see multiple cars ahead of you right? Plus, radar and lidar don’t lose range in the dark, like people’s eyesight does.

On the flipside, how do you think the thousands of people that already lose loved ones in traffic accidents every day feel? Are you going to just accept, “well, nothing could be done” and just move on with your life, happy to not ever try and improve traffic safety?

Yes I have, and it wasn’t that big of a deal. I’ve also worked with Tesla before, and while I haven’t directly ordered a car over the phone, I have worked with their sales staff and reservation departments, and it was a painless experience (although this was prior to the Model 3).

As an engineer myself, don’t underestimate engineering stupidity...