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Why does the battery size matter? Do we compare car fuel tank sizes? We typically care about how it affects our use of the product. How long can the iPhone SE last on a charge? How does it compare to other iPhones?


> Do we compare car fuel tank sizes?

I mean, we kinda do when it comes to EVs.


This is the key difference.

It takes 60 seconds to fill and fuel tank, it takes 60 minutes (if you're lucky) to fill an EV.

One is an insignificant amount of time, relatively speaking.

The person you're replying to isn't making the right comparison; do we care about waiting/wasting 1 minute vs 60+ minutes?

I sure as shit do.


> Do we compare car fuel tank sizes

Yes. I can't tell you why they thought it was important, but in my childhood I've heard multiple adults talk about "My car goes <x> miles before a fill-up". Never made sense to me, gas stations are everywhere and filling up is quick.


> Never made sense to me, gas stations are everywhere and filling up is quick.

Gas stations are not everywhere, and can be few and far between on certain routes, and more to the point filling up being quick may be the normal conditions, but if you are old enough (or have lived in the right–or maybe wrong would be more accurate–places even without being that old), you have experience of times when filling up has not been quick, or even, on any given day for any given car, necessarily permitted.


The conversation was probably more relating to how economical it is to drive rather than the size of the tank.




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