846: Talking EVs: Range Anxiety, Charging, and Tech
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Wes Bos
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🗓️ 11 November 2024
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Scott and Wes unpack their experiences as electric car owners, sharing the highs and lows of making the switch. From range anxiety to charging infrastructure and cost savings, they talk about everything from the tech perks to the unexpected challenges of driving electric.
Show Notes
- 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
- 02:11 Brought to you by Sentry.io.
- 03:14 What cars and how long have we had them.
- 10:41 Range and dealing with range anxiety.
- 11:45 The EPA specs.
- 12:24 Things that affect range.
- 14:46 Charging.
- 17:52 Charging levels.
- 17:56 Level 1 charging.
- 19:01 Level 2 charging.
- 19:39 Level 3 charging.
- 20:10 Charging standards.
- 21:51 Electric car pricing.
- 25:56 Regenerative braking.
- 27:27 General maintenance.
- 29:04 Pricing and expenses.
- 31:48 Machine Gun Kelly Effect.
- 36:46 Would you go completely electric?
- 38:46 Electric-only tech.
- 40:57 Buying a new EV.
- 42:21 Edison Motors website, TikTok.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Syntax on this Monday Hasty Treat. |
| 0:04.5 | We're going to be talking about electric cars. |
| 0:06.4 | That's right. |
| 0:07.8 | Not coding. |
| 0:09.2 | No, not coding. |
| 0:10.1 | We're going to be talking about electric cars. |
| 0:12.0 | It's going to be a fun one. |
| 0:13.4 | We're just going to be talking about real talk about what it's like to own an electric car. |
| 0:18.8 | A little bit about things that, you know, real experiences, |
| 0:22.0 | none of this like, I don't know, bickering and things like that that people tend to do online. |
| 0:26.8 | So we're just going to be talking about it. |
| 0:28.2 | I got an electric car and I don't have an electric car. |
| 0:30.5 | I had a sports car before. |
| 0:32.3 | So I got a lot of experience here. |
| 0:33.7 | I used to even work at a car company. |
| 0:35.6 | I used to work at Ford. |
| 0:36.7 | My name is Scott Tolensky. |
| 0:37.7 | I'm a developer from Denver with me as always is Wes Boss. What's up, Wes? Hey, yeah, I've, |
| 0:42.0 | I've hesitated talking about this because I feel like anybody who talks about it is insufferable. |
| 0:50.5 | Yeah, I know. Yes. Like, I am not an Elon, bro, and I'm not an environmentalist. I care a lot about the |
| 0:59.3 | environment, but if I'm being honest with myself, that was not really a reason why I bought an |
| 1:03.9 | electric car. I have lots of other initiatives in my life that I care much more about for the |
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