For our EV skeptics

Only 3m in and he's talking about how the driver should maintain a charge between 20 to 80 percent. Perhaps I'm wrong, but I believe the onboard battery management system optimizes charging, it's not up to the driver.

Had my i3 battery tested days before warranty expired and it was 73% (warranty replacement is below 70% ). It's a BEV w/o fast DC charging, so only a city driver. That said it does the job I bought it for, which is getting me to and from work and around town without having to burn fossil fuels (passing the Lexus gunning its performance tuned engine at a stop light is just a bonus ). I don't have any plans to get rid of it, so will see how long the battery last.

 

it must depend on the car. pretty sure tesla and chevy both allow 0-100% usage option.

on the bolt forums, there's a lot of talk about limiting charge to80% except when needed, and not running it down near zero when possible.

i'm loving the bolt. gm quality is amazing compared to what i last bought in 1985.

and the price was 22k before trade and taxes, not too shabby.
i hope they make the next one a little bigger in the hatch depth, or i may look at equinox, and hopefully the tesla M2 will be available in a few years.

 

Your M3 cost was not $24k because you no longer had your trade in. Cash outlay affected, cost not. You exchanged one asset plus cash for another. Which depreciated about 50% over the miles you have happily used it. All cars do.

Just as my Rav4 hybrid cost was not lowered by the private party sale of my previous Prius v. My cash outlay was but not my real cost.

 

You need to make it simple for people to understand. People take a wheel barrel full of cash. They take half out and the other half they set on fire. That is how most car purchases work.

The most closely guarded secret is Tesla owners. You never hear about reliability issues but a little about their horrible fit and finish issues. Could battery powered cars solve the German reliability issues? If they can, Tesla is finished.

 

No one can solve German reliability issues, they’re self inflicted

 

The tenth reason is having to watch videos like this.

 

well, i've had one for two weeks, and it's much closer to a fantasy than a nightmare

 

Although it didn't work out with the Nissan Leaf, my wife still says that that was her favorite car. I also liked the car, except the reasons I ended up getting rid of it. Maybe some day I'll have an EV again. We'll see what decisions I make when the HV battery goes out on the Avalon.

 

Walking, biking or hitch-hiking?

Although, TBH, one of these days you're going to convince me to buy a BMW i3.

 

And the same ( or close to it the same) bulleted explanations below it for the 100th perhaps closer to the 1000th time.
After a while I just go into propaganda overload and stuff like this post pops out.