I’m just in places without cell coverage or many people enough that it would be troublesome again.
When do you think you will buy a 100% pure electric vehicle?
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This post right here is exactly the issue that needs to be solved before I seriously consider 100% EV.
Yeah, doing that maybe having a good patch kit and DC inflator would be a wise decision.
It does become a little more challenging when you go to BFE. We have a place that we go to in NW iowa about 3 times a year. We could play around and make it but we have an ICE vehicle. So for 362 days a year, it's fine but for 3 times a year it would be a little tricky. It kind of reminds me of owning a rwd sports car that you drive year round. You can drive it 365 days a year but the 3 days a year when the roads are bad, it can get a little dicey.
On a positive front, from what I've heard from a DOT ee, there are going to be a lot of chargers over the next couple of years. Places had to jump through a lot of government hoops to get assistance, but it's coming.
At home it's always warm, I go on lots of trips to mountains but even those areas it's more 20s in morning and 30s/40s afternoon, not the crazy frigid temps.
I was really surpised the Tesla rental went from 60 miles to 145 overnight. I haven't had to charge my own more than a few miles worth yet.
My car didn't even come with the foam repair kit thing (my last two ICE/hybrid cars had it and I never used it), just "run flat" tires that I have no experience with.
I don't even really know what it means, do I have like a certain amount of miles to drive on them after I get a tire warning?
That's a great point about RWD in snow.
So many cars on the road that aren't 100% practical in all situations yet nobody cares the way they care if an EV isn't perfectly convenient every day. For me it's the giant SUV gas hogs living somewhere with crazy high gas, those haven't been practical cars in decades...but nobody freaks out that people constantly buy them, it's like "buy what you want".
Those people just advocate for cheaper gas. What would you drive if gas was 2.15 a gallon where you live?
Another reason to push EV is promising new battery technology that could ease into our current vehicles.
Scientists make breakthrough in production of salt-based battery technology: 'This process makes it easier'
The breakthrough could be a great win for the EV market.www.yahoo.com
See, this is the stuff that makes me hesitant. What happens when you buy one and there’s a step function in battery tech the next year? Not only do you lose out, but your car’s value plummets immediately.
I have no faith that any manufacturer will make it easy to swap out batteries when they are more interested in selling you a completely new car.
An older car that’s paid off but may not be nearly as efficient.
This is big news in the industry. This is a lot of car for $40k although people will probably choose the Model Y at a similar price but not as up to date.
electrek.co
Tesla Model 3 Long Range gets access to federal tax credit, now starts at $40,000
Tesla Model 3 Long Range has now officially become eligible for the $7,500 federal tax credit for electric vehicles. With...
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Taking a Ford but I won't have the Tesla adapter. If I had that then yeah I'd be stopping for a charge in Mt Pleasant. I think that adapter from Ford is supposed to show up in August.
Have you tried playing around with ABRP? That's worked pretty well for me. The key is to make sure you have the return route in your planning.
That's why I didn't buy one, bought a hybrid instead. To me this is different than the discussion about a RWD sports car that sucks in the snow. If I have a car that sucks in the snow I can wait a day and still make the trip but with a BEV making a trip into butt **** nowhere is still a problem every day.
"Still a problem every day". Yes, if you drive every day 200+ miles in BFE, a hybrid makes 100% sense. If I do this 3 times a year and it costs me an additional 90 minutes/year, I can probably live with that 90 minute loss for the additional gain the other 362 days a year. Everyone's use cases are different and for some people true EV's will never make sense.
Yeah that's what I'm using but what I'm finding is you need like 3 apps to find all the chargers. I'm planning on charging at a Kum & Go on Riverside that's a little over a mile off of the Ave of the Saints. It's a 150kW charger that doesn't show up on ABRP but it does show up on plug share.
im kinda coming around to the idea of a Rav4 hybrid.
i drive close to about 70 miles a day to and from work and i think getting some solid mpgs would be nice.
i drive close to about 70 miles a day to and from work and i think getting some solid mpgs would be nice.
We just traded ours in a couple months ago. Overall we really liked it, gas mileage was like 38mpg in town or on the highway. We got rid of it though because it was supposed to be the family trip mobile and our teenage boys outgrew the backseat. If your kids are shorter than 6' tall you'll be fine though. We traded for a Grand Highlander hybrid and we took a hit of about 5mpg but everybody fits in it now.
I was thinking if you found a car dealership you could call and see if they had a charger because they aren't always listed but there really is nothing in that area.
we've got an atlas for our "family" car. Not the most fuel efficient but great for space
