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My wife has a conventional car, so we use hers for anything requiring an especially long drive, which only really happens maybe four times a year. I never hit t
by bulletsvshumans 8y ago
My wife has a conventional car, so we use hers for anything requiring an especially long drive, which only really happens maybe four times a year. I never hit the ~72 mile range of my 2015 in the course of my normal day.
I feel like having access to a gas vehicle for rare occasions is the missing ingredient that makes fully electric cars viable for a large portion of the population. Maybe there's a market opportunity there.
- ajford 8y agoAgreed! My average day left me with about 10mi range out of about 45mi, which caused some amount of stress if I had to deviate from my normal day to run an errand or something similar. If I had to stop for groceries on the way home, I'd end up limping home in turtle mode, which was nerve wracking. My wife was driving an 08 prius at the time, which served as our long range car, but her work commute was about 40mi round trip, so if she had to run AC/Heat, she wouldn't make the round trip on the Leaf if I had to swap cars for the day. Now she drives the Volt, and the 53mi range seems perfect. She usually gets home with 10-15mi range, and the ICE eliminates range anxiety. Rental is always an option, and was something we considered if we were to get another BEV, but we routinely take 300mi round trips, so it would't economical.
- cptskippy 8y agoYikes! Only 45 miles? I have a 2015 Leaf and it gets anywhere from 75-92 miles depending on who is driving.
- ajford 8y agoYeah, and 45 was the high side. It often seemed closer to 38-40. I live in a hot climate, so the car was an oven without AC, which meant the range was reduced. But yeah, the early models had much worse degradation, on top of their lower range (expected on an early model, since it was new tech).