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shitescalates

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EVs have a High voltage disconnect. I repaired my EV(inverter) with normal hand tools in my garage. I did have to buy a license and tool for flashing the firmware, but this is a problem in nearly every new vehicle, gas or electric.

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EVs do not use more energy than gasoline cars, that’s nonsense. The best ICE engine is ~40% efficient plus the losses from braking. Battery electric is closer to 80%. They are only around 10-15% heavier.

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Well everything’s more expensive than the thing you already own. It’s true, most are available in the higher end markets right now, but the Bolt and Leaf are pretty cheap. In the long run, almost all EVs are cheaper than their gas counterparts.

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Those drawbacks are endlessly discussed online, to a ridiculous degree. Nothing is universally better, but EVs are almost as close as it gets. If there weren’t several whole industries dead set on preventing adoption they would have been adopted much quicker.

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Any plans to add belt printer support?

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We had a good 20 years or so where the internet helped reduce ignorance, but somehow we lost all that ground and more.

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No that’s how the senate works. Filibuster.

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Need 60 votes to truly control the senate.

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