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From my experience with 50-100 mile BMW 1e cars, I am pretty sure I'd require at least 200 miles to be comfortable with a car in the Bay Area unless I had a com
by rdl 13y ago
From my experience with 50-100 mile BMW 1e cars, I am pretty sure I'd require at least 200 miles to be comfortable with a car in the Bay Area unless I had a commute pattern with guaranteed charging both at home and at work (and went to the primary work site and remained there most of the day). The "big" Tesla seems like a much safer bet at 250-300 miles.
I guess a 48 KWh Leaf is about the same as the 60 KWh Tesla in range? (it might not be; cheaper/lamer vs. physically larger but more advanced might be a wash).
- toomuchtodo 13y agoWeight, traction motor power, and hotel load draws/efficiencies are all going to play into an apples to apples comparison. Until someone can get their hands on a 48 KWh Leaf, rough estimates can be made but real world data could be much different.
- greglindahl 13y agoThe Model S uses only 10% more energy than a Leaf to travel one mile. So, no.
- rdl 13y agoLease a leaf, buy a tesla seems like the best plan then. I suspect resale value of tesla smokes the leaf. I've never bought a new car, but 110k on an awd S p85+ actually seems like a legitimate reason to borrow money at ?5%, assuming you drive a lot. Real depreciation is probably way less than on a similar electric car, and if it is just miles vs rough use or time, a battery/tire/brake swap should refurb bit pretty completely after 150-200k miles in 4-5y. If you get reimbursed at government rate for driving, ....
- ams6110 13y ago200 miles, with the heat on in the winter, would be an absolute minimum for me. I'm personally at least a decade away from owning an electric car though, as I never buy new cars and only time will tell what the used market for EVs will look like.