I went to the Ford site to look into their EVs earlier this week. Their site on EV info is so disorganized and unhelpful. Trying to figure out how much charging would cost and the logistics of long-distance travel is way too confusing. They’re even messing it up with a subscription plan to their in-network chargers.
I suspect this is part of the reason people aren’t buying Ford EVs. Buying a car from a dealership is already too antagonized because we all know they’re trying to rip us off. To try to balance it out, shoppers try to gain as much knowledge on the car so they know what they’re agreeing to. However, when the car comes with all this new technology that changes the way we maintain them, and available info is scattered, indirect, unclear, and potentially costs even more, that will push away people that don’t want to deal with it.
We need to mandate EV adoption, not rely on consumer demand, the amount of misinformation directed at EVs has been extremely effective. They aren’t perfect, but they are a hell of alot bettet than Internal Combustion Engines which spew poison into the environment . . .
I went on a trip recently and reserved a rental car at the airport. When I went to pick it up there was a huge line.
They were running out of vehicles and didn’t have the types of vehicles that people reserved. I heard them offer electric vehicles to, no exaggerating, at least 10 people. All of them declined.
The common theme was “I don’t know how I’d charge the thing”. Would their hotel have a charger? Would their other destinations? Where were they? How do the chargers work? Do I need an app?
It struck me because that’s still a major issue for EV adoption. Maybe it’s just lack of exposure, but I recall a video that MKB did a while back that said EV charging is too complicated and annoying for normal people.
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Maybe lower the prices to make it a everyman buy instead of a select few buy?
I went to the Ford site to look into their EVs earlier this week. Their site on EV info is so disorganized and unhelpful. Trying to figure out how much charging would cost and the logistics of long-distance travel is way too confusing. They’re even messing it up with a subscription plan to their in-network chargers.
I suspect this is part of the reason people aren’t buying Ford EVs. Buying a car from a dealership is already too antagonized because we all know they’re trying to rip us off. To try to balance it out, shoppers try to gain as much knowledge on the car so they know what they’re agreeing to. However, when the car comes with all this new technology that changes the way we maintain them, and available info is scattered, indirect, unclear, and potentially costs even more, that will push away people that don’t want to deal with it.
We need to mandate EV adoption, not rely on consumer demand, the amount of misinformation directed at EVs has been extremely effective. They aren’t perfect, but they are a hell of alot bettet than Internal Combustion Engines which spew poison into the environment . . .
Yes we’ve adopted, now build cars that are fucking better for an affordable price.
I went on a trip recently and reserved a rental car at the airport. When I went to pick it up there was a huge line.
They were running out of vehicles and didn’t have the types of vehicles that people reserved. I heard them offer electric vehicles to, no exaggerating, at least 10 people. All of them declined.
The common theme was “I don’t know how I’d charge the thing”. Would their hotel have a charger? Would their other destinations? Where were they? How do the chargers work? Do I need an app?
It struck me because that’s still a major issue for EV adoption. Maybe it’s just lack of exposure, but I recall a video that MKB did a while back that said EV charging is too complicated and annoying for normal people.