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Originally Posted by olrocker
The VAST majority - I will argue well over 75% globally - who own EVs right now are those who purposefully intended to seek them out and went out of their way to learn about them because they were interested in them or they wanted them.
These are all people, who, of course, are going to learn all about them, take serious interest in their daily operation, and have some at-least basic knowledge of what makes them different from ICE gas.
The nurse with 2 kids working 3 12+ hour shifts every week? She needs 4 wheels. That turn forward. That is the extent of her knowledge, interest, and desire to learn about EVs or cars in general.
She knows when the gauge on the dash for her gas car reads close to ”E” that it’s time to put gas in, and will pump it till it stops. Which will show at “F”.
If she gets back into her car and it reads “80%”, she’ll say it’s not full and needs to top it off.
Trust me. I’m not exaggerating or talking out of my backside here.
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He has a point.
I
AM an engineer so I get the whole 80% thing but in my engineer's mind I'm thinking they should have made "full" (100% on the gauge) only 80 % of battery capacity. People fill up and owner and battery are happy.
They should also tell people that you can fill it up to 120% (100% of capacity) on occasion but you shouldn't do it too often as its not good for the battery. That way the nurse, and my wife, are not confused.
Telling even me, who understands it, that I should only fill up to 80% elicits a "Then why the f*%k don't you just call 80% 100%?" response. Telling my wife that you should only fill up to 80% elicits the question "Why?". When explained she asks the legitimate question "If it's bad for the battery why do they let you do it?"... which may be the best question of them all.