Electric certainly has its place.
My SIL who runs a golf course says the battery golf carts are perfect for the job, low maintenance, and reliable.
Of course juice is fairly cheap here in middle Indiana.
Okay so now what needs to be done is to divide by the cost of the vehicle. A 300 mile range costing $60k would be far worse than a 280 mile range costing $30k, as a hypothetical.
They don’t say if it has the AC or heater on? Bet that plunges those numbers.
My diesel can go 810 miles on a tankful at 65MPH.It’s done it twice. And then it takes 4 minutes to refill it at any one of 400,000 stations nationwide.
I may have missed it, but although the author does mention temperature as a factor, it would help to know what temperature they ran these tests at.
Chicago to Detroit is about 280 miles by car; I’m assuming some of the best of these EV’s could handle that in the summer - but I do wonder if they’d make it on one charge in the dead of winter.
Love to see a dollar/mile chart to go with this....
So I could buy a $150,000 Tesla and it won’t make from San Francisco to Los Angeles.
I have chosen to live and work in a rural area. My house is less than 2 miles from my office. I average under 5,000 miles per year (most of that when I go out of town). Even at Biden gas prices, I don’t really care what gas mileage I get.
At $3/gallon for gas and only 20 MPG in my big, comfortable, (fully paid for) 2010 Suburban, I spend a total of about $750 per year for gas. If I spent $30,000 to $50,000 or more to buy a tiny beer can of a car that gets 40 MPG, it would save me about $375 per year for gas.
“Will you be good to yourself and use your car? Will you take a look at this? 6,000 pounds of solid comfort. It takes up space, it pollutes the atmosphere, it scares the birds, f*ck ‘em. I love it! - Serial (1980)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081485/
What is the average maximum round trip on city roads with an electric car?
-PJ
There’s some crazy talk right now that Tesla will acquire Daimler-Benz; there’s also been some talk that the current head of VW, who finds himself undermined at ever step, will jump to Tesla.
Daimler Must Wish It Had Kept That Tesla Stake
A decent second-quarter performance could prove to be more of a hindrance than a help.
By Chris Bryant +Follow
July 17, 2020, 6:28 AM EDT
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-07-17/mercedes-owner-daimler-must-wish-it-had-kept-that-tesla-stake
I never thought I would see an electric Harley. I am not doing EV or JAB. No thanks Xao Bai-Ding.
Looking forward to one of my favorite roadtrips from Jersey to Florida in an eelctric car stopping every 300 miles to recahrge at - what ?- a half hour or so at a time - no thanks......
Are any EVs made that are rated for towing? My travel trailer is about 14,600 obs.
The only one I have first hand knowledge of is the Mach e. These numbers are accurate to my experience.
It’s a great, comfortable 4 door sporty SUV style vehicle with a ton of acceleration. The tax credit and lack of maintenance or Biden priced gas plus a reasonable price tag makes it economically viable. Plugging in at night is convenient.
Not made for long trips. Commuter car only. The planet doesn’t give a crap what I drive.
Versus the gasoline/diesel refuel time of five minutes.
They say 20 mins at the charging station will get you to 50%. Overnight for a full charge.
You’ll have to map out the charging stations, you don’t want to push it thinking you’ve got juice for 250 miles so you can get to that charging station that’s 210 miles down the road. What if you encounter a backup, or there is a problem at that charging station?
Better keep it to 150 miles or so.
If you want to drive from LA to Dallas, that’s about 1,400 miles.
You’ll be stopping to charge a lot, 3 or 4 times a day, plus overnight charging. That’s if you plan to do about 600 miles a day.
My criteria would be:
400 miles @ 80mph
30F - heater cranked up to keep wife warm
95F - AC cranked up to deal with Southeastern U.S. summers
Who cares about range? That is a red herring. The most important thing is recharge time.
Stranded in your EV just call 123-4567
Teslas have replaced the venerable Mercedes as the car of choice in Orange County CA.
Two of my friends bought 2013 Model S Teslas. Both are now on their second Model S, one because he crashed the first car and the other guy just wanted all of the advanced technology available on the 2020 model. You couldn’t pry them out of these cars.
In this last year three others in this group of friends have all bought Model 3 Teslas. I’ve never heard a single complaint out of any of them.