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

jjav a day ago | parent | next [-]

> 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.

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dsr_ a day ago | parent | prev [-]

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".

	▲	rsynnott 16 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> 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.
	▲	apparent a day ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		> 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 a day ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		>but still not quite enough to go one way on my most frequent "long drive" ...without a charging stop.