Mercedes should shrink their product line to zero. Maybe they make good cargo trucks?
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Originally Posted by Isaac Zachary
My question is how do I go about facing the future with more optimism? I've always had weird likings. EV's were cool to me back when it was a DIY community and the talk was about what chemistries and what types of motors and inverters were best for what situations. Sitting down and configuring what batteries and what motor and adapters and inverter to get, figuring out what kind of acceleration, and crunching the numbers to get a rough estimate of range, was great fun back in the day.
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I modified a PowerWheel Jeep, and that was a lot of fun, and set me back less than $100 ($250 with the cost of the Jeep).
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But now, although the way Tesla uses a motor that uses both permanent magnets as well as sychronous reluctance is quite interesting, it's like they gloss over all that with "EV, it does 0-60mph in [this many] seconds."
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Advertising hasn't talked about technical details of products since probably the 60's when commercials lasted more than 20 seconds. The last time I saw a commercial talking about tech specs on a vehicle is to mention "hemi" as if anyone knows what that means. I suppose truck commercials still like to mention payload, as if consumers care about that other than to brag.
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Hopefully with more EV's on the horizon there will be more diversity and contrast between options that make things more interesting. Or I just need to figure out something else that makes car ownership more than just a chore. Or just accept that cars are tools, buy whatever is the most practical, this isn't an amusement park.
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Cars were interesting because of how insanely complex the drivetrain is. EVs massively reduce that complexity and flatten out the differences in character. They are increasingly becoming commoditized, and the industry will tend to arrive at similar areas of optimization.
People with time and money (retired folks) are who wrench on old cars as a hobby. I'm going to treat vehicles as an appliance now when I don't have much time.
I'm contemplating EV go-karting as a hobby when the kids are old enough to participate. Basically my hobbies need to include children at this stage, so that's the limiting criteria. I take the canoe out to the lake with kids, or go on truck drives and listen to the radio.