{"id":724,"date":"2024-09-17T18:14:50","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T18:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/liniks.com\/?p=724"},"modified":"2024-09-17T18:14:51","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T18:14:51","slug":"why-all-the-ev-hate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/liniks.com\/?p=724","title":{"rendered":"Why all the EV hate?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Color code:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\">This is false, misinformation, or a myth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color\">This is mostly false, but may have some truth to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\">This is true&#8230; but is also a problem for gassers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-text-color\">This might be true, depending on the vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-color has-text-color\">This is a legitimate concern that only applies to EVs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-text-color\">This is completely subjective to the buyer\/owner<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Common criticisms<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-text-color\">Charging takes too long <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color\">Charging is a hassle<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color\">Can&#8217;t find charging stations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\">Charging is expensive<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color\">Batteries go bad\/wear out<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-color has-text-color\">Batteries are expensive to replace<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-text-color\">Cars are overpriced\/expensive for what you get<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-text-color\">Can&#8217;t tow much<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-color has-text-color\">Not a good charging network where I live<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-color has-text-color\">I don&#8217;t have a garage\/place to keep a home charger<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color\">Reliability\/build quality<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color\">Total Cost of Ownership is higher than ICEs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\">&#8220;No replacement for displacement&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-text-color\">I&#8217;m afraid of long trips<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-color has-text-color\">Elon Musk is a jerk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\">Cars aren&#8217;t safe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color\">Cars are too slow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color\">Cars aren&#8217;t agile <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-text-color\">EVs aren&#8217;t good offroad<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\">Batteries are source of pollution\/mining<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\">The Grid can&#8217;t support so many new EVs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\">Climate change is a hoax\/doesn&#8217;t need address<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\">EVs don&#8217;t do anything for climate change<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\">There are already too many cars\/we need fewer cars and more public transit<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\">Autopilot isn&#8217;t that good<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-text-color\">EVs are ugly<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-text-color\">EVs are too quiet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\">The EV market caters to rich people<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-text-color\">Range is a problem<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color\">EVs are the future, but it&#8217;s just too soon to buy them<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\">Gas is cheap and readily available<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\">Gas powered vehicles have been around a long time\/ if it&#8217;s not broke don&#8217;t fix it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Color code: This is false, misinformation, or a myth. This is mostly false, but may have some truth to it. This is true&#8230; but is also a problem for gassers. This might be true, depending on the vehicle. This is a legitimate concern that only applies to EVs. This is completely subjective to the buyer\/owner &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/liniks.com\/?p=724\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Why all the EV hate?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/liniks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/liniks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/liniks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liniks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liniks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=724"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/liniks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":736,"href":"https:\/\/liniks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724\/revisions\/736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/liniks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liniks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liniks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}