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Long queues at EV chargers highlight gaps in charging infrastructure (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 3 days ago by okwithmydecay@leminal.space to c/australia@aussie.zone

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[–] Salvo@aussie.zone 0 points 3 days ago

I think that this soft-crash in fossil fuel is a good step towards a completely electric future.

For me, the difference in filling up the Jimny then and now is the cost of a Stale Meat Pie and a bottle of Rancid Iced Coffee.

I would love an EV as a daily driver, but I do enjoy my forays into remote locations; something that isn’t possible in any EV, and isn’t practical in a pretend 4WD such as an lifted station wagon** or a diesel-guzzling 4WD tradies pickup***.

(I refuse to call anything a **Sports Utility Vehicle that isn’t sporty or utilitarian) (I refuse to call something a ***Ute, unless it is a traditional Coupé Utility like a Proton Jumbuck or Holden 53/217)