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Or you own more than vehicle. Plenty of families own multiple vehicles, and they don't all need to have tons of range.

by floxy 3mo ago

dsr_ 3mo ago
At $8500, I could justify having a 77 mile range electric car with a top speed of 30ish mph. That would take care of every in-town trip, but I couldn't do a full commute to work with it because the most sensible way of doing that involves a highway. If it could manage 50mph for 15 minutes, it could go on the highway and I could recharge at or near the office. The cheapest EV currently available in the US is the Chevy Bolt, at $29000, about three times the price. A Bolt has four times the range, but still not quite enough to go one way on my most frequent "long drive".
- apparent 3mo ago
  > The cheapest EV currently available in the US is the Chevy Bolt, at $29000, about three times the price. You can also get used EVs/PHEVs. We got a PHEV with 20 miles of EV range for $14k, and you can get used Leafs for under $10k.
- floxy 3mo ago
  >but still not quite enough to go one way on my most frequent "long drive" ...without a charging stop.
- rsynnott 3mo ago
  > The cheapest EV currently available in the US is the Chevy Bolt, at $29000 The interesting thing is that this appears to be largely because the manufacturers, rightly or wrongly, do not think that the US market _wants_ cheaper EVs. The id.Polo (about 20k with incentives in most countries) won't launch in the US, for instance, even though the id.4 did.
jjav 3mo ago
> Or you own more than vehicle. Plenty of families own multiple vehicles, and they don't all need to have tons of range. I wish there still were small and very cheap EVs to fill this niche. We had the Fiat 500e (somewhat infamous) $82 lease as an extra car because for $0 down and $82/month, why not. Range was small but it was perfect for around town, and had other cars for other things. Anytime I was driving within town I'd just take the Fiat.

Or you own more than vehicle. Plenty of families own multiple vehicles, and they don't all need to have tons of range.

by floxy 3mo ago

Or you own more than vehicle. Plenty of families own multiple vehicles, and they don't all need to have tons of range.

dsr_ 3mo ago

At $8500, I could justify having a 77 mile range electric car with a top speed of 30ish mph. That would take care of every in-town trip, but I couldn't do a full commute to work with it because the most sensible way of doing that involves a highway. If it could manage 50mph for 15 minutes, it could go on the highway and I could recharge at or near the office. The cheapest EV currently available in the US is the Chevy Bolt, at $29000, about three times the price. A Bolt has four times the range, but still not quite enough to go one way on my most frequent "long drive".

apparent 3mo ago
> The cheapest EV currently available in the US is the Chevy Bolt, at $29000, about three times the price. You can also get used EVs/PHEVs. We got a PHEV with 20 miles of EV range for $14k, and you can get used Leafs for under $10k.
floxy 3mo ago
>but still not quite enough to go one way on my most frequent "long drive" ...without a charging stop.
rsynnott 3mo ago
> The cheapest EV currently available in the US is the Chevy Bolt, at $29000 The interesting thing is that this appears to be largely because the manufacturers, rightly or wrongly, do not think that the US market _wants_ cheaper EVs. The id.Polo (about 20k with incentives in most countries) won't launch in the US, for instance, even though the id.4 did.

jjav 3mo ago

> Or you own more than vehicle. Plenty of families own multiple vehicles, and they don't all need to have tons of range. I wish there still were small and very cheap EVs to fill this niche. We had the Fiat 500e (somewhat infamous) $82 lease as an extra car because for $0 down and $82/month, why not. Range was small but it was perfect for around town, and had other cars for other things. Anytime I was driving within town I'd just take the Fiat.