Increase in Anti-EV Media Articles

its a good solution for both him and the environment.. in fairness if most of your driving can be done in ev drive.. and you do a number of longer journeys a year then how bad? newer phevs like the new tiguan can do nearly 100km and charge quicker so would be ideal for most commuters.. id be tempted myself if it didnt feel like a step backwards.. not having to think about where you might need to charge while i holiday is definitely something nice

i dont understand your example… you wouldnt leave the house with a car on 3%? actually it might tempt me to buy an iphone as its standby usage seems very good overnight

its a good question… when i bought mine 2 years ago - i was looking at the time horizon thinking at some point ice cars would start to reduce in value for trade in purposes. i could get the grant 5k, half price tolls on the motorways, ev charger grant and access to potentially cheaper night rates.. whats the landscape now? im changing in a month to another ev, basically the same with nothing down and pcp remains the same monthly.. so thats ok.. i know the price of my ev has plummeted pretty dramatically in the 2 years but im lucky that its not impacting me changing.. if i wanted to buy something else it would.. plus when i changed in 2022 trade in prices were stupid high.. it cost me nothing to change back then either.. on a 3 year old tiguan… do i care about zero emissions? not enough for it to cost me more money than an ice car.. the single biggest thing the government could do now is to subsidise ev rates at public chargers.. cap them at 30 cents and make them significantly cheaper than petrol/diesel.. and consider ev charger retrofit grants for houses with older wiring.. a higher grant to upgrade wiring versus a new house install..

i should add that im probably in the 'early adopter' category in general for tech…

to save 25 euro on a trip you make once a year like I already said, duh!

Would any person after reading the above think “not a hope in hell I’m buying an iPhone” ?

The same is could be said for all mobile phones, not just iPhones. The ICE alternative in your situation is the landline phone

No seriously. Why do people, specifically self professed enthusiasts buy BEVs over petrol cars.

Perhaps we took to at a slower pace but when fuel prices shot up it tipped many people towards EVs, which in turn begat a period of Fear Of Missing Out, and now we're just gliding back towards some sane rate of takeup.

I do think as more new options arrive reticence will recede, but there's definitely a lot of US based anti EV news being share by Irish people just for the sake of lashing out.

I remember the anti Japanese backlash in the US in the late 80s, I was in NY when there was hysteria over the Rockafeller centre being bought by a Japanese company, whereas now Lexus is thought of as a premium brand by the same generations that once swore they'd only ever drive 'Murican. I think there was a crap Michael Douglas movie spun off that whole Yellow Peril vibe.

I think a lot of the FUD will recede will a combination of the next rage bait coming along and more people be expose to EVs via family, friends and work, just as many Murican's adapted to the reliability of Japanese cars in the 90s.

That rises a couple of questions.

How does he run any electrical equipment that requires 5a.

How did you get an EV there and ( I assume back) if there are no options for charging.

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If you mean "Black Rain" that's a great movie.

As for the rest is a combination of historical racial issues and trade / industry protectionism. Remember buy Irish.

I don't think any of it is comparable to EVs adoption in Ireland. Theres a range of different issues at play. But certainly the sheer volume of anti EV articles in the media plays its part.

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I assume not everyone takes such articles at face value. But recognise it's objective is to drive clicks, it's not really trying to inform anyone about anything.

Yes but could you wake up in the morning without any planning drive 1000km Non stop to a wedding, towing a horse, across a muddy field, at 120km for 8hrs on a motorway to location thats 2hrs drive from any form of charging, including a domestic 3 pin socket.

What EV did you buy?

That was exactly my point …

I've done that Dublin to West Cork maybe three times in my life, long time ago, once to a wedding ironically enough. ABRP tells me I can do it and hit fast DC chargers all the way, and theres at minimum AC chargers in all the destinations I've been too.

Someone posted a story on another forum about doing that in a new EV then complaining about having to charge it back up on granny cable all weekend. But as people told them, they past multiple fast DC chargers to get there.

A more recent similar journey I've done a few times (in an ICE) is Dublin north Kerry which has fewer chargers than west Cork. Bit of black spot. Where I stayed there isn't a charger within 30 mins drive. Though where I stayed there was a Tesla in the car park. So obviously some EVs are managing to get there.

While I didn't buy an EV for long distance journeys I did look at all my long distance journeys I've done in recent years to see how I'd get there in an EV. That's part of the re-adjustment to driving an EV. I could totally get why others just wouldn't have any interest in that.