The majority of early EV fires were from a single battery factory accidentally placing battery terminals too close together. This affected only Chevy Bolts, and has been fixed with a recall.
My 15 year old EV is still driving like new. I had the battery replaced last month, not because the battery didn't work, but because newer batteries have much more range and are cheap enough to be worth the upgrade. I'm planning to keep driving it for at least another 20 years.
This 100 year old EV is still driving with minimal maintenance. I don't think EVs need to be scrapped particularly quickly.
Yeah I came from a salt region and moved to a no salt region and man it's incredible. My Chevy has almost no rust, totally unheard of where I come from
For me it’s purely about having to get up a bit earlier and remembering that I need to get gas instead of running out of the house at the last possible minute. I have ADHD, maybe that explains it better.
I shave my head. I have to shave it every two or three days or I look like a mangy old dog. I wait until just before I go to bed to shave it, at which point I'm too tired and I tell myself I'll do it in the morning before work, which of course I never do. So I end up shaving it once every three weeks, and spend most of the time looking like a mangy old dog.
I eventually hit upon the strategy of shaving a small patch somewhere on my head before I go to bed, which forces me to do the rest of the job in the morning before work. Except that I usually forget I did that and often go to work looking like a mangy old dog that somebody tried to shave before giving up. Fortunately I'm a school bus driver so I only scare children.
I get gas on Friday mornings, every second or third week. I leave a little earlier and if I’m a little late to work, who cares. And when I’m at the gas station I get myself a little something extra too
literally the one thing I can do, but I have battery pumps where you set the psi and fuck off until its done, and it works for bike and car without leaking if I forget about it
47 Comments
Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de · 98 pts · 303d
"That's a problem for future me, that guy's a jerk anyway."
the next morning: "Past me is an asshole."
cRazi_man@europe.pub · 44 pts · 303d
Past me is always an asshole.
Future me always has dedication and motivation that I've never before had in my life......but I'm sure he'll have it all figured out by tomorrow.
Zoomboingding@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 303d
Calm down Karkat
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 303d
no
robdor@lemmynsfw.com · 53 pts · 303d
laughs in forgot to plug in my EV
CannonFodder@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 303d
Oh ... I had thought this was about eating beans last night.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 303d
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 303d
Cries in failed to connect
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 303d
🎵 Plug it in, Plug it in 🎶
rabber@lemmy.ca · -20 pts · 303d
My 20 year old pickup will still be on the road when that EV is scrapped lol
barooboodoo@lemmy.zip · 33 pts · 303d
EV exists:
rabber@lemmy.ca · -17 pts · 303d
Nah just trying to save folks from wasting their money. ALL new cars are junk, gas or EV
EV is just a scam meant to bail the car industry out for a few more years
Redfugee@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 302d
You sound bitter. Probably from wasting all that time at the gas pump.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 303d
My EV will be in the garage because its not out of gas
rabber@lemmy.ca · -14 pts · 303d
Or on fire in the garage and no way to put it out ha
18107@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 302d
The majority of early EV fires were from a single battery factory accidentally placing battery terminals too close together. This affected only Chevy Bolts, and has been fixed with a recall.
Even including this data, combustion engine cars are over 60 times more likely to catch fire than EVs (1,529.9 fires per 100,000 vehicles for ICE vs 25.1 for EV).
It looks like you're the one who might need to start carrying around a fire extinguisher, just in case.
ilost7489@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 303d
I’m pretty confident that if your vehicle caught fire you wouldn’t be able to put it out either way
pokexpert30@jlai.lu · 9 pts · 303d
Pavement princess spotted
rabber@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 303d
It has more scratches than paint but it's mechanically sound
18107@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 302d
My 15 year old EV is still driving like new. I had the battery replaced last month, not because the battery didn't work, but because newer batteries have much more range and are cheap enough to be worth the upgrade. I'm planning to keep driving it for at least another 20 years.
This 100 year old EV is still driving with minimal maintenance. I don't think EVs need to be scrapped particularly quickly.
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 303d
must be nice to live somewhere without salt
I wish I could keep cars more than 20 years old
rabber@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 303d
Yeah I came from a salt region and moved to a no salt region and man it's incredible. My Chevy has almost no rust, totally unheard of where I come from
shalafi@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 303d
2004 F150 here. :)
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 2 pts · 303d
How many harmonic balancers has that thing gone through?
WolfmanEightySix@piefed.social · 5 pts · 303d
Mate my music taste is brilliant. Ive never worn a stereo out yet…
rabber@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 303d
Triton? It's still kicking? Haha
shalafi@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 302d
No idea what's under the hood, never had anything under there fixed.
tomi000@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 303d
Is this somekind of joke Im too non-american to understand?
justlemmyin@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 303d
Yeah, I mean I get gas after dinner, sometimes, from too many veggies. So. I guess the joke makes sense. 😏
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 302d
I assumed it was about pricing
here in Ontario, gas is maybe 10-15% cheaper in the morning
couple that with american gas guzzlers
ickplant@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 302d
For me it’s purely about having to get up a bit earlier and remembering that I need to get gas instead of running out of the house at the last possible minute. I have ADHD, maybe that explains it better.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 302d
I shave my head. I have to shave it every two or three days or I look like a mangy old dog. I wait until just before I go to bed to shave it, at which point I'm too tired and I tell myself I'll do it in the morning before work, which of course I never do. So I end up shaving it once every three weeks, and spend most of the time looking like a mangy old dog.
I eventually hit upon the strategy of shaving a small patch somewhere on my head before I go to bed, which forces me to do the rest of the job in the morning before work. Except that I usually forget I did that and often go to work looking like a mangy old dog that somebody tried to shave before giving up. Fortunately I'm a school bus driver so I only scare children.
Grass@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 302d
so relatable lol
CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 301d
It is halloween all year-round.
Trex202@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 303d
Too many beans?
GrabtharsHammer@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 303d
Always stop with the 239th bean.
Trex202@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 303d
One more and it's too farty
Edit: I feel like a spy using code phases
galaxy_nova@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 303d
Or maybe a dentist
93maddie94@literature.cafe · 8 pts · 303d
I get gas on Friday mornings, every second or third week. I leave a little earlier and if I’m a little late to work, who cares. And when I’m at the gas station I get myself a little something extra too
Devjavu@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 302d
Meanwhile I wake up daily in the range of 6am to october 2034.
Crashumbc@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 301d
Your boss and you get written up or fired?
Not everyone gets a good boss.
bigboitricky@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 303d
Many such cases (me)
danielton1@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 302d
Former gas station manager here.
The vast majority of people fill up in the morning. Then they accused us of making them late for work.
Ferrous@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 302d
This kills the fuel pump.
Dozzi92@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 303d
I'm fortunate that a lot of stuff is east of me, and that leaving my house and going east on the nearby highway there's a gas station right there.
But on that off chance I have to go north, I'm screwed. And those are the days I leave it for tomorrow.
scytale@piefed.zip · 3 pts · 303d
Same with putting air in the tires, especially with the change of seasons.
Grass@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 302d
literally the one thing I can do, but I have battery pumps where you set the psi and fuck off until its done, and it works for bike and car without leaking if I forget about it