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[–] lightnegative@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Meh, most of the BEV's available are big inefficient wallowing SUV's with hefty price tags regardless of the clean car discount.

I'm hoping some of the Chinese manufacturers will bring affordable sedan or station wagon BEV's to the market. Lighter, better aerodynamics, more range for the same battery size.

Not interested in hybrids, the worst of both worlds

[–] Rangelus@lemmy.nz 6 points 1 year ago (15 children)

I just cannot bring myself to trust my life to a Chinese car.

I have done business there. I know what it's like. It does not fill me with confidence.

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[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 5 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Nio seems to be the one making waves that no one in NZ has heard of as they don't operate here. They are doing the Tesla promise of swapable batteries for real life, with a network of swap stations. Imagine buying a car and knowing you can in future swap the battery for a longer range one, one with better health, not to mention long range batteries from empty to fully charged in minutes.

[–] eagleeyedtiger@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The only reason I've heard of Nio was because I bought shares in them a couple of years ago. I sold when I doubled my money, which looks like it was a good move considering how low it is now!

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Tom Scott made a video where he tested an automatic swap station:

https://youtu.be/hNZy603as5w

[–] thevoyagekayaking@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He also mentions the company is hemorrhaging money at the moment.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that is normal for a VC funded company

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[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

PHEVs are the best of both worlds for me living in an apartment with limited charging capacity.

We have two shared charges for PHEVs, they can be used for four hours maximum per day, this means that I can drive in EV mode to and from the shops as well as to my parents house, if I need to go further, I turn on Hybrid mode and it gives me great milage for a long time.