[bhandziuk]

I'll scroll through my Google News app and it's riddled with articles describing the approval cost of charging vehicles, of they reliability and cost.

I've been driving a Nissan Leaf for almost 2 years now. Charging is annoying but still dirt cheap, both at home and in the road.

I know I've had this car for less than 2 years but it works fine. It's been great so far and it's probably the worst full EV you can buy in the US.

I find it strange that there are so many alarmist articles saying how EVs aren't the panacea they're cracked up to be. But that was never how they were advertised.

[freedom-fries]

> It's been great so far and it's probably the worst full EV you can buy in the US.

You are right and so are the articles. Boring EVs like Nissan built are supremely reliable and cheap to run and inexpensive to repair when they do have issues, but unfortunately that's not the case for everyone else.

EV market is unfortunately dominated by "fancy EV" manufacturers who have loaded the cars with fancy structure and LCD screens everywhere. Teslas and Rivians cost upwards of 10K to repair (Rivian R1T requires 20K+ for repairs for low-speed rear-end) with months long parts backlog for things like rear quarter panels. Rivian recently accidentally bricked 10% of cars on road with a new OTA firmware update while Tesla is involved in several lawsuits over its Autopilot. The story is same with other manufacturers.

We don't yet have a "Toyota" of EV makers who would make a range (Sedan, SUV and a Truck) of great, reliable cars that look nice, are nearly boring to drive and inexpensive to repair.

[bhandziuk]

I guess I didn't think about it like that. That my bottom of the line car is more serviceable because it doesn't have all the bells and whistles.

Personally I think it still has very good cruise control (adjusts speed based on traffic and can come to a complete stop, makes an attempt to stay in the lane, maintains a safe following distance) and errors on the more conservative side (will turn off the lane maintenance feature if the lines become too difficult to see). None of that is "self driving" I guess but I find it impressive and useful still.

[cyberge99]

I’ve been inundated with different sources all blogspamming that article. It definitely strikes me as some sort of smear campaign. I certainly wouldn’t put it past Opec and the special interests to be behind something like this.