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by 3cats-in-a-coat 1087 days ago
Electric cars have a lot more problems than range.

Toxicity and pollution of producing the battery is an immediate one. And the fact it's junk in 5-6 years, obsoleting often the entire car (or requiring an extremely expensive replacement).

The fact BEV are much heavier and are wearing down the roads much faster.

And while ICE are of higher risk of a fire, an ICE fire seems like child's play compared to a BEV fire. This thing is impossible to put out and turns everything around to fine (and very toxic) dust (including, again, the road below).

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Batteries don't turn into junk in 5-6 years. Where are you getting your information from?