Interesting. I wonder if that gets more problematic very close to the Interstate or in very large cities.

Taking that at face value: does the "to save $2 on gas" part apply at that point, though? I imagine if you're waiting an hour for gas at Costco in Seattle rush hour, the other gas stations are near-equally saturated. Because the crux of the meme is clearly that the drivers are at the Costco when they could go somewhere else with a substantially lower wait to the point that $2 is meaningless in comparison.

(But also, if they are idling, then they definitely shouldn't be regardless of what station they're at. That part is obvious.)

Imagine having to pay for food.

BEEPBOOP

God I wish. If I didnt live in rural Canada I would ditch my car in a heartbeat.

no EV forces you to use the manufacturer's electricity, not even Tesla

We should absolutely regulate the way cars lock down software or obstruct the right to repair.

You can charge an EV from a regular household 120V outlet. Sure, it will charge slower than molasses but that's enough for a lot of people. You might only get 30 miles of range from charging overnight, but if you're driving less than 30 miles everyday, that's enough. I know I drive less than 30 miles a day, most of the time. But for those days where you're driving more than 30 miles, yeah you're going to need to know where there're some fast chargers near you, but there's more of those being built all the time.

And there are some good deals on used EVs, too. And the batteries they have now last long enough that there's really no worry about having to replace the battery on a used EV.

Or if you live in NJ and they have archaic laws that state that you can’t run a power cord over the sidewalk (even if it’s on a cord cover) to charge an EV (but something else is fine) so you talk to the town and the town lier has no interesting in figuring something out.