Some would say yes.
I considered an e-bike for awhile. I'd been riding my non-e-bike to get groceries several times. But almost getting run over twice this year at signal-controlled crosswalks has me reconsidering.
Some would say yes.I am going to buy my wife an e-bike for Christmas, does that count?
Bolt is peppier than my Subarus, so it's fine with me. Bolt is definitely a commuter cars, but after the tax credit it'll be 22.5k, so it's priced right.I test-drove a Bolt a few months back. It felt not much different than my peppy but old Focus. I've heard that the Bolt is one of the least peppy EVs and that if you try a better one you'll be spoiled for the Bolt.
Subaru had the Crosstrek PHEV, but they're phasing it out.
Chevy will install a plug for free. But I just estimated how much it would do myself about it'd be about $500 in materials to get a line across the garage.Back in May we went to Tacoma to look at a Hyundai Ionic 5. Not a bad vehicle, but seemed/felt cheaply built. We couldn't come to terma for my F150 trade, so we left. Went to Bolvo to look at one of their electric SUVs...I couldn't get through the door of the car...so we left.
MOST of our driving is short distances, so electric would work for us. The local electrical contractor told us it would cost $1500+ to install a level 2 charger.
The Chevy dealer includes running to a detached garage. You can also get tandem circuit breakers that use one hole for 2 120V circuits. They are basically two circuit breakers in one. This can free up space in your panel.My electric panel is full at the moment. Can't imagine what it would cost me to get an L2 charger wired out to my detatched garage.
If they make a soft top with 250mile range I might bite.I'd love to get one of the updated mini Cooper EVs with a 200+ mile range.
I remember the days when a HSer would be happy to have any functioning car to drive on their own.I'd love to get one of the updated mini Cooper EVs with a 200+ mile range.
I guess people are just resistant to change. I was talking to a kid in my fencing class about cars, and I told him to get a Prius. Which of course, is not a cool car for a high schooler. But I promised him that paying a lot less in total gas costs than his friends will be very, very cool, haha.
How do you ever merge onto highways without a sub 5s 0-60? Must be rough having a family car with merely 200 miles of range!Purchased my first EV at the end of 2015 (2015 Nissan Leaf). Only had 80-mile range but was the perfect car for running errands around Orange County CA. Traded that in and got a new Leaf in 2019. This one had a 200-mile range. Still have that car. It is the main car for our family. Own a Honda Pilot and my daughter has a Hyundai Elantra. Looking at possibly purchasing a new car in 2024 and it will be a BEV. We have charging in our garage and also have a solar system so charging the car is relatively cheap for us.
Most of the early BEV adopters were environmentalist types, i.e. progressives. That started to shift until the likes of Donald J. Trump inserted culture war nonsense and convinced MAGAts that BEVs are too "woke" for America. So now you have a lot of Americans who swear they'll never ever get a BEV.I'd love to get one of the updated mini Cooper EVs with a 200+ mile range.
I guess people are just resistant to change. I was talking to a kid in my fencing class about cars, and I told him to get a Prius. Which of course, is not a cool car for a high schooler. But I promised him that paying a lot less in total gas costs than his friends will be very, very cool, haha.
Not everything is about being 100% efficient, some things you do for enjoyment. One pedal driving sounds very dull to me.They are fixed gear ratios, a transmission would just make it slower, heavier, and less efficient. Transmissions exist to correct the terrible torque curves of ICE.
Why add inefficiency, add complexity, and decrease acceleration just to mimic a device that only existed due to limitations of an internal combustion engine? If you want to lurch five times while you go from 0 to 60 just let off the accelerator for a split second.Not everything is about being 100% efficient, some things you do for enjoyment. One pedal driving sounds very dull to me.
Fahrvergnügen.Why add inefficiency, add complexity, and decrease acceleration just to mimic a device that only existed due to limitations of an internal combustion engine? If you want to lurch five times while you go from 0 to 60 just let off the accelerator for a split second.
Do you, though?I get taking a manual over an auto, but that isn't what's going on with an EV.
How am I simplifying the operation of a manual? The entire point is match the wheel speed to an engine speed that is stable and produces high torque/power or high efficiency depending on if you are accelerating or cruising.Fahrvergnügen.
You're simplifying the operation of a manual quite a bit there (and who shifts 5 times to get to 60, are you driving a shitbox from 1981?)
Why do we eat lavish meals when we could simply ingest Soylent or Huel? That would be more efficient. All that time wasted chewing.
Do you, though?
You're still missing the ultimate point here, automatics, to my knowledge, have been better than manuals for most situations for a few years now. There's a reason they're relegated to enthusiasts.How am I simplifying the operation of a manual? The entire point is match the wheel speed to an engine speed that is stable and produces high torque/power or high efficiency depending on if you are accelerating or cruising.
I do enjoy driving manuals, but at the end of day it's a function due to limitations of internal combustion engines.
I think most 5 speeds cruise in 5th gear at 60. But I was being facetious. I did learn stick on an F450 and a box van, though.
ETA: I guess it would be 4 lurches with a 5 speed.
Yeah, but in an EV that would all be completely fake. The trade for no transmission is much higher performance with a much better acceleration curve, as well. It's like eating a tender steak that doesn't require chewing.You're still missing the ultimate point here, automatics, to my knowledge, have been better than manuals for most situations for a few years now. There's a reason they're relegated to enthusiasts.
Again, if we're just after brute force efficiency and not pleasure, why not skip all that tedious chewing and just chug Soylent when we require sustenance? Because we enjoy savoring the taste of food, the textures, the smells. To me, driving a manual is much the same thing. There's tactile feelings from the vehicle, the shifter, the pedals, the anticipation of when you should shift specifically.