Automotive

As there is currently no electric alternative to the Alpine 🤷🏻‍♂️

When I said the biggest problem was the boot I meant the Hyundai not the Alpine - that would be a pure fun car and doesn’t need nearly as much practicality so the boot is not an issue. 

I need to refill the 80 liter tank every 350km or so and that takes at least 10 minutes in total. So not that much time saving 😉

So not that much of a difference 😊

He said, he charges whenever he can, for 10 minutes, for 5 minutes, wherever there is a possibility. It’s not driving until your “tank” is empty…

It was also interesting to compare the inbuilt satnav against GoogleMaps. I usually use the latter for test drives as I can predesign my intended route without the need to fiddle with the inbuilt unit. Here I wanted to compare the two and the inbuilt one came up with a different route back, which they ok consideration of the charge of the battery and got me back without the need to recharge or lower the pace to save the charge.
As you say it’s different solutions and will need some adjustment but the car(s) and related apps help with that before it becomes second nature 👍🏻

It’s really been track tuned to ensure the battery doesn’t overheat and that you can get maximum performance from it both on track and the road.
As for the 750km drive, yes, you will have to refuel once. But unless you drive a diesel you will have to do that anyhow. 😉

But they are set to disappear irrespective of that. And I can see why they would slowly bow out for cars if daily use, as soon electric cars will objectively do everything better.
And here the comparison with quartz vs. mechanical is not appropriate, as car manufacturers will not be able to maintain both due to the R&D expenses being a large multiple of what they are in the watch industry.

But I enjoyed this post very much! Lots to learn! 

but I have a couple of questions. what really happen to those batteries after the vehicle is done with? are the power generated for the charging of the EVs really that "clean"?

In some countries it will be extremely sustainable in others less so. Even if the electricity is generated from less clean sources the much lower losses will still produce a better environmental footprint than with an ICE engine.
As for the batteries, they can either be recycled or potentially used for stationary applications where less performance is needed (Tesla is going in this direction).

I also find a recent McKinsey survey on EV owners interesting. amongst the results, 46% of current EV owners in the US said they intend to switch back to ICE.

And the question is, who did the survey? Who was the audience and with what intent was the survey done? 😉

Quite some car manufacturers are currently artificially limiting supply of their electric vehicles for two reasons - first of all they are not nearly as profitable with them as with the ICE ones, and secondly, especially in leasing and other setups, where they need to take the cars back they're losing money hand over fist due to very poor resale values. For the latter one it's a combination of their own fault (they partially do lobbying against electric cars) and partially a problem of incentives (used cars get no state support). In our company a lot of the people who got hooked on electric cars are now devastated that the car manufacturers don't offer them in the leasing programs anymore. So they change back but extremely unwillingly.

They tend to be constructed just as durably as ICE cars - in fact if you look at cars such as the iX it brings so much expensive technology to the table which they would never put into a humdrum ICE car.
And the life of a battery will most likely be much longer. We used to have quite some Lexus Hybrids in the family in the past and only in the oldest (now 18 years) has the battery deteriorated markedly 😊