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To: ChicagoConservative27

All the headlines say Tesla, but it sure looks like a lot of other brands as well that I have seen.


31 posted on 01/16/2024 12:34:39 PM PST by Ingtar
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To: Ingtar
All the headlines say Tesla, but it sure looks like a lot of other brands as well that I have seen.

Older EV's don't have battery preconditioning (heating the battery before charging it so that the charging is done faster). It may be unfair to Tesla since they mass produced EV's before EV's made in the past year or two had battery preconditioning. Thus, they're taking the heat (pardon the pun) for having EV's out there before preconditioning became a thing.

Even with that understanding, I wouldn't get an EV if I lived up north. My wife and I like our EV and do most of our driving in it (26K miles last year, 16K of those charged at home). Even in the south there's an every now and then situation where the ICE pickup is better for that day's driving (I wouldn't think about an EV pickup because they have poor range when carrying a load, plus there might be a road trip we want to take in an area with few charging options). Nor would I get an EV if I couldn't set up a charger at home (i.e. if I lived in an apartment, or if I lived in a house but had to park on the street). Nor should someone get an EV if he doesn't drive enough miles for the gas savings to be worth the extra cost of an EV. Nor should he get an EV unless he's married and needs two cars anyway (having one EV and one ICE car gives my wife and me the best of both worlds to choose from).

If someone lives in that kind of situation like I do, an EV can be a practical option. Ironically, most leftists who love EV's don't (single, live in urban areas, don't drive much anyway, live in the cold north, etc.)

36 posted on 01/16/2024 12:59:47 PM PST by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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