so the past few days I've been gone, and I now work as an online taxi driver(hopefully not for long) in my spare time between studies.. EV sucks(atleast the one I have).
in short, the company I work at provides rentals but in the form of EV motorcycles for "GO GREEN HECK YEEA" which is something, but... for the past few days I've been using it, it's... not that good.
|[ Pros ]|
- relatively silent ride(rolling speed sound is still a thing you know, and everyone's noisy so..)
|[ Cons ]|
- terrible acceleration(especially when you're from 0km/h)
- terrible top speed(60km/h.. advertised. in reality, it only goes up to 40km/h, and that's only when it's battery is 80%+ above)
- terrible range(only having 60km per charge, but on the field you'll only get to 40km at most since otherwise you can't really move well thanks to low battery amount impacting speed and acceleration)
- barely climbs inclines with cargo/passenger(literally the most important thing for my work)
- lacking amounts of recharge stations(to be fair, I'm not downtown and more on the edges, but still.)
it's honestly just.. it's not time yet for EVs I think.. in Indonesia that is.
for scooters and small daily use transportation? maybe.
for road use and other purposes? not yet(beside infrastructure and whatnot).
the best analogy I could give(despite maybe most of you don't get it eitherway) is it's like a ship.
you can easily and cheaply make a coastal or river ships & boats, but oceangoing boats? not yet.
anyway this has been chiirambling, chii-se!
@Monarchii yeah ik, I just didn’t know that Teslas where burning
@Graingy quite so.
@MIGFOXHOUND31BSM26 I mean with the history of Edison, and the likeness of Tesla more with Edison than Nikola, I'm not surprised if it's the man himself
@LunarEclipseSP alike, but yeah
Relevant
@Monarchii teslas burning?
ok
@Srishti Uber driver or something like that
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Wait a minute @Monarchii are you working as an Uber driver now?
@MIGFOXHOUND31BSM26 id rather not die by the spirit of Nikola Tesla who keeps on burning Tesla EVs
@hpgbproductions yeah, that
@YarisSedan not suprising
@MIGFOXHOUND31BSM26 basically chinese car brands that sells EV's at a fraction of the price of teslas while also having better build quality and tech believe it or not
@YarisSedan Idk who that is
@MIGFOXHOUND31BSM26 the only problem is that teslas are fucking expensive here in Indonesia, and plus, there are other brands like wuling or byd so...
1970 ethanol powered Fiat 147 superiority
less indirect emmisions than electrics
L get a tesla
time to jailbreak your bike :moai:
but a 40km/h limit seems similar to a 50cc scooter
edit: i read the brochure, so instead of paying directly for energy, you pay for distance?
@Monarchii sounds neat ngl, especially if it's also modified to look like the vehicles in mad max lmao
@jamesPLANESii ummm, don't you know that motorbikes are more popular here in southeast asia?
anyway, title change theen
@jamesPLANESii man I wish it was that easy, backwards country we are XD. lots of shit road, even on our beeeloooveeed capital
@YarisSedan gives me an idea for an post-apocalyptic bike. fully electric(+points for silence) and is rechargeable either via solar, or onboard generator_(like a submarine). neat idea.. but I'm lazy so XD
Low key though at those specs you might aswell just rent an E scooter lol
The Tesla Model S Plaid goes 0-60 mph in 1.9 seconds yo.
I think what you mean is these EV motorcycles in particular are cheap and naff.
@Srishti it's literally in the name bruh