Who’s gonna take an EV off road? I wouldn’t ford a stream or take on any obstacles which could upend it or crack the battery case.
So you run out of juice 40 miles in.....how does one recharge. Get a battery dropped in by drone?
Idea musta’ been cooked up by the same people who cooked up the hyped tdi mileage claims, then cheated on the smog testing software. Supposed to get 50 or so mpg highway...got about 44. Chevy Cruze diesel got 52 mpg highway rated. Reports of manual trans. getting 70 mpg.
My mechanic tells me vw requires special tools for repair. Hates working on them. Says the reason there are so many vws for sale is that once warranty runs out...people get rid of them. If vw wants to get inroads into usa....needs to create modern tech version of the bug. Simple, easily repairable, and durable.
End of verbose rant.
That ship had sailed even by the mid-70s, at least the simple and easily repairable part. Wish I still had my VWs from the 1960s.
—”Who’s gonna take an EV off road? “
I have owned a few 4wds and been on some exciting trails.
That said, here in DuPage County 90%+ of 4WDs (not AWD), NEVER GO OFF THE PAVEMENT, EVER!
BIG thumbs up on that !
“Chevy Cruze diesel got 52 mpg highway rated. Reports of manual trans. getting 70 mpg.”
My Silverado 4x4 with the 3.0 Duramax gets 38mpg highway, and 26-29 city. I average about 650+ miles in range.
When it does a DPF regen, my mpg’s crater for several miles then creep back up.