Went to an #AEVA #EV 'pop-up' at the #Canberra #Vikings centre in Tuggeranong on Sunday. Not a huge number of people, but that meant we could actually take some people for a drive and really show them around the #ioniq5 and the #Energica #Experia. A very good day to be rugged up against the cold 🥶 🧥 🏍️ 🙂

One lady asked "do you still get people who don't believe in EVs", and this was a really good question. I think we generally don't, now. There are obviously a few people who will keep driving their V8s and sports cars and whatever (coughmrbeancough) until they die, but they generally don't try to claim that EVs will only ever be little bubble cars that do 0-100km/hr in an hour or two. They know that EVs are cheaper to run and maintain, more reliable, often faster, and have all the mod cons. They look at the #F150Lightning and the Plaid Mode Model S and some of the new electric supercars and they can see that #EV s are the inevitable future.

What I do see is a range of other spurious objections, usually around safety. The common theme is "EV batteries catch fire" - again thoroughly debunked but persistent. They like to think we can't allow EVs in underground parking, we can't buy EVs because cheap EVs will catch fire, we have to make EVs more expensive and wrap them up in padding to prevent them hurting people. Meanwhile petrol vehicles catch fire, fires happen in underground carparks, and petrol vehicles spill toxic, hazardous and flammable chemicals everywhere when they collide - but those are dangers we already know about and therefore they're 'safe'.

I don't know the best rebuttal to this cavilling, other than to just leave the doubters to their doubt. One of these doubters gave me a report compiled by the body corporate of an apartment complex in which he rents an apartment out; the report basically started with "The question is not 'if' we put in EV charging infrastructure, it's 'when'." They pointed to a study showing that apartment complexes which have built-in EV chargers in the car parking - and this is required in all new apartment buildings in the ACT - are valued at up to 24% more by buyers. The body corporate did not want to be left behind and end up with its apartments being valued less because it didn't install EV chargers. Their survey of owners still showed a few of the 'over my dead body' EV denialists, but most owners knew it was coming and wanted in.

Most people I know still say "oh, I'll get an EV, but (I haven't found the right one yet/there isn't one that suits us/they're too expensive)". My answer is: think different. Keep your big 4WD for those camping trips, but get a smaller EV for your round town driving. EVs are not (yet) depreciating in the way that petrol cars are (or were). It's more of an investment in the future.

I little loop on my Energica Ego #energica
Kinda gives you the feel for it.
https://youtu.be/dVmEYAWdF_8

please. don't ever buy an #electric #motorcycle from
#Energica .This is the second time that they try to make their customers pay for using their own motorcycle. #Energica states: "Energica is not responsible for damage resulting from charging the motorcycle at #tesla #SUC"

#ev #electricmotorcycle #zero #elektroauto #elektromobilitat #elektromotorrad

@rachel_norfolk #Energica has the best long-range offering right now, with a Highway range of 130 (160!combined) miles and supports DC fast charging. It still costs about $25k US and even with the best range most electric chargers are not where motorcyclists want to ride. Although I am eyeballing one because I think I could maybe make it work… We are getting close. If we could get a 200 mile range and support DC fast charging it could *maybe* hit the sweet spot.

Long-range #ElectricMotorcycles are now charging up at #Tesla #Superchargers
Both #Energica and #LiveWire have adopted DC fast charging with a CCS connector, allowing their electric #motorcycles to fill the majority of their electric “tank” in around half an hour.
https://electrek.co/2023/03/03/electric-motorcycles-charging-up-at-tesla-superchargers/ #EV

Long range #ElectricMotorcycles are now charging up at #Tesla #Superchargers
But both #Energica and #LiveWire have adopted DC fast charging with a CCS connector, allowing their electric #motorcycles to fill the majority of their electric “tank” in around half an hour.
https://electrek.co/2023/03/03/electric-motorcycles-charging-up-at-tesla-superchargers/ #EV

#Vivace, #allegra, #energica, così viene descritta la #Signora #Farmcista nell'#articolo.

Una #donna così non può essere in cative condizioni di #salute, o prossima alla #morte. Avete mai visto un #malato terminale di #cancro effervescente?

Ecco, asserire che non c'è #consequenzialità nel fatto descrito nell'articolo, senza aver effettuato un'#approfondita indagine che richiederebbe #gionri (dato l'#assioma di partenza), è quantomeno molto poco #scineitfico!

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