Are you afraid of free markets?

"Honestly it's just another example of how we as a species aren't really built for or capable of navigating a global geopolitical landscape."

We as a species are not built at all, we are a product of evolution. And what does an arbitrary size, "global geopolitical landscape", have to do with it? We as a species are driven by conflicting goals because that aided our survival.

"We are not built for social structures this large and complex we're supposed to be in a group of about maybe a hundred people chasing down antelope until they're too tired to fight back..."

Are we supposed to be? Say who?

"The 1,500kW charging stations are significantly more powerful than Tesla's 500kW V4 Superchargers, though Tesla already has 20,000 chargers installed in Europe."

20,000 chargers, NONE of which are 500KW. Tesla has NO 500KW chargers in Europe.

Great job, BeauHD. That's what you get from stealing articles from the Verge.

Another example contrived for a narrative. Who considers a "see as much of Canada in five days" as THE important aspect of a BEV purchase decision? You are an idiot.

Now there's a sound argument.

How depressing must it be to be this guy?

That question includes a "when", "when" implies an element of time. There is no reason to think the answer couldn't be yes, that's what infrastructure planning is. But as usual for you, more lizard-brained arguments.

And here the story has changed. Before, it was BEV if only the local electricians didn't suck. Now it's because all my driving is highway driving where DC charging is needed every day. Whatever argument suits the outcome.

For the 6 weeks you wait, sure. And what is that "careful use"? Let's assume a full charge is at least 250 miles and that one day a week the car remains mostly at home, that means that you conservatively have 10 hours/day for charging and 20 hours for one of those days, 80 hours a week for charging. At 3 miles/hour charging that's 240 miles a week for driving, or 40 miles a day WITHOUT long term depletion of charge. If that's not enough, once a week a level 2 or DC charger could be used. Not even remotely a problem to manage for 6 weeks.

"I'm understanding that a lot of people never drive that much but here it is a concern."
An argument that is irrefutable given that you claim merely a "concern" and "here" is unknown. But the argument is grossly unconvincing as are all your arguments.

It is incredibly difficult for an EV owner with access to overnight charging to be unable to meet typical driving needs even with 110V charging. If you drive 100+ miles a day then 110V alone will not do, very few drivers face that problem. If this were the case, your "dad" would never have considered an EV in the first place, he wouldn't have changed his mind because he didn't like local electricians. Or perhaps your "dad" is a one percenter who *would* use an EV as an edge case but simply cannot be inconvenience for a few weeks even though he can instead be inconvenienced permanently by ICE. Who do you think falls for your bullshit?

Sounds contrived like everything else you say. There's nothing about "small to medium cities" that makes electricians rare or unscrupulous.

The fact is that your argument regarding your "dad's" failed purchase is bullshit from the beginning. Maybe a wait was 6 weeks, so what? I had an EV for years without a level 2 charger. Virtually every driver can manage 6 weeks, those that can't wouldn't consider EV in the first place. Yours is just another bullshit story you are famous for.

I moved into a new home beginning of this year. I installed an 80A EVSE, total cost was about $1200 for installation and equipment. That is low but only about 2 feet of wire was required. I got a "Cybertruck" EVSE for half price because they couldn't sell them despite the only difference being color. (Crizzl-E 80A Cyber for those interested)

The house came with an EV plug already installed in the garage, but the installers used aluminum wire for the circuit. I asked if the wire could be upgraded to copper and the price was $3000 for the wire upgrade alone.

Pricing is never based on free market principles, it's based on what they want to do and how much they can take you for.

"...you don't have to be so aggressively disdainful..."
But he does, that's who he is. He has years of posting experience doing exactly this. That's what MAGA is, hate is the guiding principle.

How long does it take for you to clean up after shitting your pants? Something you seem to do every time you experience something you hate.

"Doesn't make up for the inconveniences or more people would be buying them."

It sure does, you are just pretending that there aren't offsetting conveniences which there are. And people don't buy merely on conveniences, that's another piece of your intentional misinformation.

"My dad almost bought one because the government grants brought them down close to the price of an ICE but then he found out there was a month and a half wait to get a charger installed and the installation cost was going to eat more than a rebate, so he went ICE."

We know where you get it from then. Your dad is short sighted and selfish, yet interestingly makes decisions based on cost and not "conveniences". A 6 week wait in a charger installation is no reason to avoid an otherwise good purchase, EVs can be charged with 110V, you can make do until you get your preferred solution. Of course, there's no reason to believe any of this considering the source.

"The EV industry seems to be full of lies."

Or you are.

"...but they won't tell you the pain they go through just to go on a trip."

They sure do, but trips are occasional use and EVs are superior for everyday use. People who need a lot of long distance travel should consider whether EVs are a good choice. Literally everyone knows that, but lying about it suits your narrative.

Exactly, I would say plenty have learned from theranos, true innovation in money grabbing.

LOL

"Incidentally, humans aren't very good at telling facts from lies either."
They are quite good at it, they have developed a method for doing exactly that. Perhaps you've heard of it.

Just because humans CAN do it doesn't mean that they do. Plus, there's a lot of profit to be had preventing that.

"...but I don't think "the ability to tell facts from lies" can be postulated as a defining quality of a human, nor something that differentiates humans from AI."
It most definitely is a quality of humans and differentiates them from current AI, no "postulating" needed. And no one said that makes AI "easier to achieve".

If you can make an AI have inherent values, truth can be one of those values and probably would self-select to be. Truth can be hard to determine, but that's where AI should be vastly superior to humans. Right now, AI is completely sociopathic.