Jaysisaket

My wife says that they make fermented fish sauce in big barrels. And a monkey probably fell there and drowned and got fermented. And the teeth and some bones is what is left of it.

I am genuinely interested in electric vehicles. So if someone asked me: - Are you considering buying an EV next? - I would say yes, maybe. Because it is in the range of possibilities. But it does not necessarily mean I would really buy one. So these polls are deceiving. For me personally there are some issues that stop me from pulling the trigger. An ICE vehicle which was well maintained is an easy sell. I normally buy a new car every 5 years and sell the previous one. I usually clock around 100.000 km by then and the car usually sells for at least half the original purchase price. There is a huge market for second hand ICE vehicles. Especially for mid range cars. How deep is the market for used electric vehicles? I am afraid that selling a used electric vehicle for any reasonable price would be a problem. First of all they will have a degraded battery after 100.000 km so their range will be lower and might be impractical for some owners. Secondly the majority of people live in apartments and do not have their own private charging points so they will have to go and charge the car somewhere for many hours instead of 10 mins at a gas station once in a while. Not everyone can afford spending that much time on a regular basis. Especially with a degraded battery which holds less charge they will have to make more frequent trips to the chargers. For me personally that would be an endless hassle and anxiety (need to go charge my car at some shopping mall but have no time because I am busy with some other stuff; or need to make a long trip urgently but the car is only halfway charged). The cost of replacing a battery is exuberant in most of the cases and makes non economic sense. In my opinion electric cars have still a way to go before they are as carefree as ICE vehicles. The battery technology is still not there yet. Neither is the infrastructure. Without generous government subsidies EVs are a luxury toy for now for those of us with extra money they don’t know how to spend..