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[–] Auzy@beehaw.org 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I've noticed the same people who always have a issue with batteries are ones who are Motorheads, whose only ability to get attention is by having the most powerful car (and the loudest).

Electric cars however don't make noise, so they can't simply spend money on a loud one to get noticed, and they probably can't get a big one, because they don't have as much capacity. We're going to possibly see people such as in the new electric mustang who associate with new car communities.

The petrol car communities have seemingly created an echo chamber for themselves where they literally have even started to believe the nonsense they've been spouting, which includes the misconception that lithium batteries are blowing up all over the place. They aren't...