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Electric cars are a lot of fun to drive, but ultimately I think the incentives are the biggest factor here. I was thinking about getting a pure battery electri

Electric cars are a lot of fun to drive, but ultimately I think the incentives are the biggest factor here. I was thinking about getting a pure battery electric car (BEV) but the risk that worried me was how long the range would be in 8-10 years in the cold. I have a short commute now but I did not know where I would be living and working in 8-10 years!

leesec 8y ago
The cheapest Tesla right now has an over 200+ range. In 10 years it will be much longer. I hope your future commute is not 100 miles each way.
- roland35 8y ago
  I was thinking more a Nissan Leaf as a Model 3 is a bit above my price range right now sadly. I recently had an 80 mile/day commute through a large valley/hill which would have been impossible in a used Leaf unless I could charge at work.
  - TulliusCicero 8y ago
    Leaf+ is a little over 200 now.
- rootusrootus 8y ago
  If most people don't really need more than a couple hundred miles range, and batteries are by far the single most expensive component of an EV, then it doesn't really make sense that we're going to see significant changes in range. Probably it gets up to around 300 or so and stays about there indefinitely, or at least until a major shift in battery technology.
paavoova 8y ago
My concerns are less about the vehicle technology but what gets implicitly bundled with it. Privacy, for example, being an issue, with newer cars being cellular equipped and having telemetry enabled and no way to opt out. Tesla is allowed all my GPS data, which I don't feel comfortable with. With an older car you're free to rebuild it within your means - can you legally do the same with an electric vehicle? With the hardware and software being so locked down, it may not even be legal to tamper with it, which on one hand is a valid concern for stuff like self-driving technology, but at the same time makes these newer cars proprietary black boxes that you can only ever send back to the factory.

leesec 8y ago

The cheapest Tesla right now has an over 200+ range. In 10 years it will be much longer. I hope your future commute is not 100 miles each way.

roland35 8y ago
I was thinking more a Nissan Leaf as a Model 3 is a bit above my price range right now sadly. I recently had an 80 mile/day commute through a large valley/hill which would have been impossible in a used Leaf unless I could charge at work.
- TulliusCicero 8y ago
  Leaf+ is a little over 200 now.
rootusrootus 8y ago
If most people don't really need more than a couple hundred miles range, and batteries are by far the single most expensive component of an EV, then it doesn't really make sense that we're going to see significant changes in range. Probably it gets up to around 300 or so and stays about there indefinitely, or at least until a major shift in battery technology.

paavoova 8y ago

My concerns are less about the vehicle technology but what gets implicitly bundled with it. Privacy, for example, being an issue, with newer cars being cellular equipped and having telemetry enabled and no way to opt out. Tesla is allowed all my GPS data, which I don't feel comfortable with. With an older car you're free to rebuild it within your means - can you legally do the same with an electric vehicle? With the hardware and software being so locked down, it may not even be legal to tamper with it, which on one hand is a valid concern for stuff like self-driving technology, but at the same time makes these newer cars proprietary black boxes that you can only ever send back to the factory.