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re: Would You Drive This? The most affordable long range EV sold in the US
Posted on 2/16/21 at 10:22 am to beerJeep
Posted on 2/16/21 at 10:22 am to beerJeep
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Imagine a line 100 deep waiting for a 30 min charge a pop :lmao:
You can charge these at home while you sleep though. And most people aren't going to need a full charge every night. as their commute and daily driving needs are far less than 250 miles per day.
It's a decent solution for urban/suburban areas where you want to avoid using gasoline on your commute. Some people do.
This post was edited on 2/16/21 at 10:24 am
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Posted on 2/16/21 at 10:23 am to goofball
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Not bad really. Certainly better than my iPhone, which seems to lose a shite load of charging capacity after about a year.
It doesn't cost $5k to replace an iPhone though.
Posted on 2/16/21 at 10:24 am to beerJeep
Electric is dead in the water until you can get a near full charge in 10 min or less
Posted on 2/16/21 at 10:24 am to goofball
Drive it - yes, buy it - no.
Posted on 2/16/21 at 10:25 am to goofball
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You can charge these at home while you sleep though.
Until something happens and you can’t.
Or what about people traveling out of state or on road trips? I imagine quite the line through Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama as the weekly Texas convoys make their way to the Florida beaches stopping every 200 miles to charge for 30 min.
Posted on 2/16/21 at 10:26 am to goofball
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It's a decent solution for urban/suburban areas where you want to avoid using gasoline on your commute. Some people do.
Correct. We call them
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goofballs
Posted on 2/16/21 at 10:27 am to goofball
Do EV advocates realize where these batteries end up when they wear out?
Until batteries can be charged in the time it takes to fill up a gas tank these cars will never be viable alternates.
Until batteries can be charged in the time it takes to fill up a gas tank these cars will never be viable alternates.
Posted on 2/16/21 at 10:27 am to goofball
I will drive when it takes less than 5 minutes to charge and go 6-700 miles a charge minimum
Posted on 2/16/21 at 10:28 am to goofball
Welcome to Biden’s America
Posted on 2/16/21 at 10:28 am to VolsOut4Harambe
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Do EV advocates realize where these batteries end up when they wear out?
Or how the materials to make the batteries are extracted from mother erf
Posted on 2/16/21 at 10:28 am to goofball
quote:How would this work out right now for the millions of people with no electricity and rolling blackouts? Those people are using their gas powered vehicles to charge their phones and stay warm. What would they be doing with an EV? I’ll wait.
In fairness to them - does your car refuel in your garage while you sleep?
Posted on 2/16/21 at 10:29 am to tiggerthetooth
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It doesn't cost $5k to replace an iPhone though.
Cost of the latest iPhone is usually $1000+, but you can replace the battery on them for much less. Although IMO you shouldn't have to. An iPhone battery's charge capacity shouldn't collapse after a year like they do.
For a car, why would you replace a battery that's only degraded by 3-5% after 100,000 miles? Most people with Teslas or Bolts don't even touch them until double that mileage. And when they do, they replace only 1-2 cells at at time. Unlike iPhones, these things are not left on 24-7.
In a gas car, you'd have replaced the transmission and a lot of other parts by 200,000 miles. This car doesn't have a transmission and features a very simple design that's proven to be very trouble-free. It's really just the same Chevrolet has been selling for about 8 years now, but with a new wrapper and a speedier charge. I'd be more concerned with the less proven Ultium batteries coming out this year than this stuff in the Bolt.
This post was edited on 2/16/21 at 10:30 am
Posted on 2/16/21 at 10:30 am to tigergirl10
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How would this work out right now for the millions of people with no electricity and rolling blackouts?
When you are freezing to death because your state has a crappy electrical grid, you won't really care about getting a few extra miles out of your EV.
Posted on 2/16/21 at 10:31 am to goofball
Do you really think people want to wait in lines hours long to recharge for 30 minutes because they ran out of juice in the 9th ward?
Posted on 2/16/21 at 10:31 am to goofball
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When you are freezing to death because your state has a crappy electrical grid, you won't really care about getting a few extra miles out of your EV.
Now do California and their rolling blackouts
Posted on 2/16/21 at 10:31 am to goofball
Wait, 250 miles is considered long-range now and that range is with ideal conditions (ie no heat, AC or charging devices in your vehicle.)
I would be stranded if I decided to make a roundtrip kayak run to Sam Rayburn or Toledo Bend.
I would be stranded if I decided to make a roundtrip kayak run to Sam Rayburn or Toledo Bend.
Posted on 2/16/21 at 10:31 am to goofball
No. Until I can charge and carry spare batteries the same way I can get gas into my car in 5 minutes and carry a spare can with me in case of emergencies and evacuations then I won't drive an electric car. Maybe if I'm wealthy enough to afford one in addition to a gas vehicle. But no way I give up the flexibility of gas that's needed in times of emergency.
Posted on 2/16/21 at 10:32 am to goofball
Is it an unwritten rule of EV’s that they must look like arse?
Outside of Porsche and maybe Tesla, everything on the market looks like shite. Charging practicality issues aside, I would wager one of the biggest drawbacks for buyers is the fear of feeling like a jabroni driving things like this
Outside of Porsche and maybe Tesla, everything on the market looks like shite. Charging practicality issues aside, I would wager one of the biggest drawbacks for buyers is the fear of feeling like a jabroni driving things like this
Posted on 2/16/21 at 10:32 am to goofball
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Chevy
Hard pass.
Posted on 2/16/21 at 10:33 am to bad93ex
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Wait, 250 miles is considered long-range now and that range is with ideal conditions (ie no heat, AC or charging devices in your vehicle.)
The drivers of the previous gen Bolt see higher mileage than what’s advertised on flat land. They can hypermile to 300+ miles if you want to avoid A/C and drive slowly.
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