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Old 01-15-2024, 12:31 PM   #225
MikeB
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Re: More on EVs from a guy trying to sell them

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Originally Posted by joedoh View Post
My brother told me once that I needed an apple watch, that it was made for guys like me. I thought he couldn't know me less well, that if he knew me at all the idea of a watch that I had to charge every single night, that duplicated the basic time keeping of the $100 watch I wore that would last years on a single battery.

So it is with EV, here is something that costs significantly more than the thing I already have, that has to be charged every night, that only mirrors the same functions my current car already has....
I was just reading through this thread and came across the post above. Very funny! Great analogy.
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