All Forum Posts by: Steven Westlake

 until you own and drive an EV you wont.. thats why i took the time to write that out..  LOL.. 

Advertised Range is just range in a perfect world and you would never get that ..  but lets say you bought the cheapest one for the 230 mile range..  If you were not driving more than 150 miles a day or right about there .. then your fine.. 

And most people dont drive more than 150 a day..  its important to check if your jurisdiction has reduced power rates at certain hours then charge at those times.  Also you pretty much need to have charger at your home were you park every night without it cant see how these vehicles would be practical.. unless maybe like some of the employers here in the northwest they have plugs ins for free on their campus but as these cars become more popular those will get filled up .  plus they dont charge fast. 

@Steven Westlake I have 2010 Tahoe that I bought on Copart as salvage 8 years ago and rebuilt it myself. No point of selling it and I always knew I would run it until wheel falls off. Bought with 40k miles, now 170k and runs strong. Gas milage is crap and I too considered electric until I realized that traveling long distance is unreal and not only requires regular, top off charging, but also reroutes where charging stations are available which add significantly to time traveled if charging donations available (even worse overseas). It helps me that tahoe uses flex fuel where in even CO still around $3/gal. I ended up buying a small, 1.6l Ford SUV to get around (again on copart but as clean title) to use as my daily commute and still use tahoe to tow (it has insane for SUV GWVR) and to move junk and tools for my housing projects.