{"id":163709,"date":"2019-08-13T18:29:48","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T01:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=163709"},"modified":"2019-08-13T19:02:50","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T02:02:50","slug":"in-praise-of-electric-and-self-driving-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/13\/in-praise-of-electric-and-self-driving-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"In Praise of Electric and Self-Driving Cars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s world, assuming you have the means\u00e2\u20ac\u201d why would you ever buy a gasoline car?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nobody likes paying for gas <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pain associated with filling up your car with gas. Also the time wasted at a gas station. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Electric charging for your car feels \u00e2\u20ac\u0153free\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. A lot of work places and shopping centers (at least in California) offer free charging. Free supercharging for Tesla Model S (in praise of buying an older <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesla.com\/inventory\/used\/ms\">used Tesla Model S<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u201d only costs $38,000, even less than a new Model 3!) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Self driving <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps if you like to drive for fun or pleasure, either have a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153weekend warrior\u00e2\u20ac\u009d convertible sports car, or just race a car at the track. If you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re commuting to work 90% or the time, it seems an electric car, preferably with self driving capabilities is optimal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A fun and cheap convertible car to drive for fun or pleasure: 1990-1993 Mazda Miata. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Used electric cars<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Very cheap used Chevy Spark EV (in California), or a used Nissan Leaf, or even a used BMW i3 (can be bought for ~10k). The ideal commuter car, especially if you can charge at work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Less maintenance <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aesthetically the concept of a gasoline engine with so many parts is ugly. So many superfluous parts, and wasted energy (heat) in combustion process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Electric cars as more minimal\u00e2\u20ac\u201d aesthetic beauty through fewer components. Also more fun to drive \u00e2\u20ac\u201d instant torque (no turbo lag compared to other cars, and not a gas guzzler like v6, v8).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fastest car?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lamborghini Aventador S v Tesla Model S P100D - DRAG RACE, ROLLING RACE &amp; BRAKE TEST\" width=\"1180\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qLvpLGFacjQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It seems if you want the fastest car, Tesla P100D is the apex (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.teslarati.com\/tesla-model-s-p100d-performance-sets-quarter-mile-record\/\">10.6 quarter mile<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Choice filtering <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are a trillion variations of gasoline vehicles on the market now. If you have the filter:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Do not buy a gasoline car.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This eliminates 99% of the options \u00e2\u20ac\u201d <strong>choice minimalism<\/strong>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s world, assuming you have the means\u00e2\u20ac\u201d why would you ever buy a gasoline car?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":114016,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_ek_photo_artist_note":"","_ek_photo_thesis":"","_ek_photo_camera":"","_ek_photo_place":"","_ek_photo_human_moment":"","_ek_photo_sequence":"","_ek_photo_question":"","_ek_photo_canonical_claim":"","_ek_photo_ai_summary":"","_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-163709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-posts"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/tesla-auto-pilot-1.gif?fit=640%2C342&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163709"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":163727,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163709\/revisions\/163727"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}