I moved up from an Accord to a Passport for a little more room. Still have three across the back but the youngest in the car seat splits up the two older ones which is where the danger is.
When do you think you will buy a 100% pure electric vehicle?
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They would just nudge and pick on each other a little, kids used to have to ride 3 wide in a sedan all the time.
Another reason to push EV is promising new battery technology that could ease into our current vehicles.
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Scientists make breakthrough in production of salt-based battery technology: 'This process makes it easier'
The breakthrough could be a great win for the EV market.
It's pretty amazing the common materials scientists are doing battery research. Saw a story a while back on sand batteries to be used for large buildings or grid storage.Another reason to push EV is promising new battery technology that could ease into our current vehicles.
Scientists make breakthrough in production of salt-based battery technology: 'This process makes it easier'
The breakthrough could be a great win for the EV market.
Another reason to push EV is promising new battery technology that could ease into our current vehicles.
Scientists make breakthrough in production of salt-based battery technology: 'This process makes it easier'
The breakthrough could be a great win for the EV market.
Saw one abt mixing carbon black into concrete to make it a battery. Very low energy density, but when you have a few tons of it in your foundation...
Not sure what you're saying here, but just saw this.
Honda undercuts Tesla Model Y after slashing Prologue EV lease prices to $399/mo
After introducing new incentives, the Honda Prologue EV is now cheaper to lease than Tesla’s Model Y. Honda believes the...
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Honda undercuts Tesla Model Y after slashing Prologue EV lease prices to $399/mo
Not sure what you're saying here, but just saw this.
Honda undercuts Tesla Model Y after slashing Prologue EV lease prices to $399/mo
After introducing new incentives, the Honda Prologue EV is now cheaper to lease than Tesla’s Model Y. Honda believes the...
Honda undercuts Tesla Model Y after slashing Prologue EV lease prices to $399/mo
It may be a very new development. One dealer hit me with a $700/mo lease and another offered me similar to this deal. Or just shady/ignorant dealers. Living around so many dealers (and traffic) I just call them on the phone and hang up immediately if their deal is ludicrous.
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We have had out Bolt for over 4 months now and have put 8000 miles on it. The odometer is around 32,500 right now. The lifetime average for the car is 3.6 miles/kwh. That's a little over 3 cents/mile to drive.
When we got it there was some software that had been added to it due to a recall that monitored the battery to make sure it wasn't going to catch on fire. We couldn't charge it past 80% for 6200 miles. We have only charged it to 100% once just to try it. On a 170 mile round trip there was still about 40% left at the end. Earlier this week we put about 180 miles on it in 1 day when it was charged to 80% and it was down to 10% and saying to plug it in soon.
My wife loves driving it for everyday stuff, she hasn't been to a gas station since January. It is small and not attractive with a cheap interior but we don't care. It's big enough to get groceries and take 4 people somewhere. We have a bigger vehicle for when we need more room.
It's amazing what cold weather and/or wind can do to the range. My wife plugs it in everyday but there have been a few times where she has forgotten which could be a problem for some people. I know we have only had it for a few months but we do not have any regrets about buying an ev so far.
When we got it there was some software that had been added to it due to a recall that monitored the battery to make sure it wasn't going to catch on fire. We couldn't charge it past 80% for 6200 miles. We have only charged it to 100% once just to try it. On a 170 mile round trip there was still about 40% left at the end. Earlier this week we put about 180 miles on it in 1 day when it was charged to 80% and it was down to 10% and saying to plug it in soon.
My wife loves driving it for everyday stuff, she hasn't been to a gas station since January. It is small and not attractive with a cheap interior but we don't care. It's big enough to get groceries and take 4 people somewhere. We have a bigger vehicle for when we need more room.
It's amazing what cold weather and/or wind can do to the range. My wife plugs it in everyday but there have been a few times where she has forgotten which could be a problem for some people. I know we have only had it for a few months but we do not have any regrets about buying an ev so far.
I think only certain tesla chargers will work. Download the tesla app, tell it your vehicle and it will tell you which ones.
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Planning on taking a trip into BEV no-mans-land on Saturday. I'm likely overthinking the hell out of this but I'm optimistic that the welder plug in my grandparents shed is really a 240V 50A plug and not a 30A plug pretending. The closest DC fast charger available on the route is 90 miles north of their house in Iowa City. I'm planning on a 20-30 minute stop in that god forsaken hell hole on my way to another go forsaken hell hole in NE Missouri then another 20-30 minute stop on my way back. Wish me luck.
Between the tesla I had as a rental car for a few days in between cars and the first few days of my own EV...I'm getting like 70-110 miles of charge overnight the thing just sitting in my garage with regular level 1 outlet. It's not out of line with the 3 hours it always took to charge the 20 mile range battery I had on my PHEV.
Depending on if I can get a local rebate program or not, I might not even install level 2 into my garage. I have two fast chargers within a mile of the house I figure I might need to use once or twice a year if I don't install it. My neighbor with identical unit just went to two EVs and I'm going to see how his process goes.
Depending on if I can get a local rebate program or not, I might not even install level 2 into my garage. I have two fast chargers within a mile of the house I figure I might need to use once or twice a year if I don't install it. My neighbor with identical unit just went to two EVs and I'm going to see how his process goes.
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I bet you're fine. The only challenge I could see is when it gets colder but you'd probably be fine.
Been seeing quite a few Cyber trucks around the cities. Man is that a jarring vehicle to see in person. It almost doesn't look real
Saw a wrapped black one in a parking ramp in downtown des moines. Not my thing, but there is a market for them. The thing that kind of surprised me was how similar it was in size to the F150 sitting right next to it. They both took up about every inch width wise and think the CT may have actually been a little shorter. The first time I saw it, it was parked alone and it looked gigantic.
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When I was a kid we had a four door T-Bird with the suicide doors and we sat 7 in it, 3 across the front bench seat and 4 kids in the back seat.
Starting to be much more common.
I don't mind it so much but run flats are a higher price than standard and have less mileage life on them.
I don't know if they've improved but the ones I've had on a BMW also rode like crap. BMW seemed to go all in with them.
