| ▲ | dsr_ a day 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". | ||
| ▲ | rsynnott 15 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. | ||