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To: TexasFreeper2009

my wife only drives a mile or so to work and to run errands and she uses a Tesla, and just a standard 120 plug at home is far more than enough to keep it topped off.


5 posted on 02/26/2026 10:15:49 AM PST by TexasFreeper2009
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To: TexasFreeper2009

She’s be better off with a 15 year old Honda Accord. Your coat of ownership is nothing and at a tank or gas a month your cost to drive is almost nothing. Instead you have $60,000 into a car that you don’t really use.

You’re absolutely free to do that but it’s a net loss economically.


13 posted on 02/26/2026 10:42:40 AM PST by cyclotic (Don’t be part of the problem. Be the entire problem)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

If a person would only keep their EV battery topped off, and seldomly or never discharge it down to 15% or less, won’t the battery develop “memory” in a bad way and no longer be able to hold and discharge fully? Or has that issue been solved?


17 posted on 02/26/2026 11:09:55 AM PST by desertsolitaire (I believ e)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

So that car doesn’t get a lot of use & I would think you’d have to ask yourself in a couple years what it would be worth as a trade-in. I wouldn’t touch it with a ten foot pole, but I can’t afford one anyway. I’m just of the opinion that these EVs won’t be in much demand as used cars. I guess your best bet would be to get the use of it as long as possible before you have to spend some real money on it.


30 posted on 02/26/2026 3:13:38 PM PST by oldtech
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