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Do you see yourself getting an electric vehicle anytime soon, or are you waiting for a more variety of choices?
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I'd love to go electric, but I'm waiting for either more options or a big raise. I make decent money, but spending $30k on a car seems crazy to me.
I can see looking into solar panels for the house first.
I can see looking into solar panels for the house first.
Bad performance during the winter and lack of charging stations makes it a nono in Sweden.
Also, the base model of a Tesla Model 3 in Sweden costs 57.500 USD.
I'm planning on picking up the second-highest spec of the Mazda CX-5 next year, it will cost me around 35.000 USD
Also, the base model of a Tesla Model 3 in Sweden costs 57.500 USD.
I'm planning on picking up the second-highest spec of the Mazda CX-5 next year, it will cost me around 35.000 USD
Mirroring this - way too expensive in Australia at the moment. And even then, I'm way too broke to ever consider buying a new Car.
It sucks to be probably using LPG until 2035, on so many minute and macroscopic levels, but I don't have much of a choice.
For myself? Nope. I love driving manual and my car is pretty new. I know my wife has been eyeballing them for a while now but I told her it wouldn't wise with how she treats her minivan and with kids.
They're still about 5k or more out of my price range and driving on vacation just isn't feasible. You can't travel sub 400 miles and wait a day to charge. There's probably no charging stations between my city and the next major one either.
Choices. Where I live I need an electric truck/SUV or larger vehicle due to road conditions in winter. I'd love to buy one. But at this point there's not much reason to.
I always buy one of the cheapest gas guzzlers. Not in a position to pay 10-20 grand more for the cheapest Electric.
I'd like one. But at least here in the UK, there needs to be vastly more charging points and at the moment, the typical ranges don't quite meet my work requirements.
My next car will be in 3 years and will probably be a hybrid.
My next car will be in 3 years and will probably be a hybrid.
I'm picking up a used 2018 Model S 75 this week. Same price as the base Model 3, but with Enhanced AP, air suspension, bigger storage, white seats, sunroof. Admittedly I had to drive 250 miles to view and test drive it, but you can get some bargains if you shop around.
Living in an apartment with no parking place and no charging stations nearby it's going to take a while. :(
Same, but there's a supercharger 5 mins away and my gym has free charging points, so hoping to get by using those two methods.
Nah, when there's more then the handfull of early adopters that's not going to be enough. As long as politics don't want this to happen for real it's not going to work for people with no garage I fear.
I will get a Tesla within a few months when I move into my new home.
Having a porch and a charger helps. Also solar panels for cheap electricity.
Having a porch and a charger helps. Also solar panels for cheap electricity.
I will get whatever model of our local auto manufacturers (Germany) or Volvo make when they come out with a model I can drive from MĂĽnchen to Hamburg/Berlin and from Stuttgart to Hamburg/Berlin on a single charge (i.e charge for each trip to/back, no charging in-between). Right now I could only do Stuttgart to MĂĽnchen on a single charge with the Audi e-tron.
Basically, the test is, if I can get from MĂĽnchen to Hamburg on a single charge, then I'll get one immediately lol. That is the distance from Germany's major southern most metropolitan area to Germany's major northern most metropolitan area.
I will definitely when this materialises, since within the city I only drive my bicycle everywhere (like to work), I never use the car within the city.
Basically, the test is, if I can get from MĂĽnchen to Hamburg on a single charge, then I'll get one immediately lol. That is the distance from Germany's major southern most metropolitan area to Germany's major northern most metropolitan area.
I will definitely when this materialises, since within the city I only drive my bicycle everywhere (like to work), I never use the car within the city.
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I live in an apartment in the centre of Madrid, so no car. The only electric transport I use is the train, and next year I'm thinking of commuting by bycicle to get cardio in that way and do fewer HIIT circuits at home, to protect a bad Achilles tendon.
I'm using this summer to get my driving license tho, (A bit late lol) so I'll be able to rent electric vehicles on trips and the like.
I'm using this summer to get my driving license tho, (A bit late lol) so I'll be able to rent electric vehicles on trips and the like.
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As a fellow Canadian, how does the 3 hold up during the winter? I live in the GTA, so while we don't get weather like in somewhere like Edmonton or Winnipeg, there is still cold temperatures.
Also, did you get the Long Range model?
Going EV for all future vehicles.
No more ICE.
Just trying to get to financial independence first.
No more ICE.
Just trying to get to financial independence first.
I was laughed out of the local Toyota dealership yesterday for asking about the Supra and if I could look at the one they had in stock. Last time I go in there, and it really makes me want to ditch my current Toyota.
Local Tesla store is supposed to have a Model 3 I can test drive by the end of the month, so I might get one of those.
Local Tesla store is supposed to have a Model 3 I can test drive by the end of the month, so I might get one of those.
My civic is paid off so I dont see myself spending something like 20+ thousands after trade in just to save a few bucks on gas.
I did get the LR as it was the only one available before the ontario EV rebate ran out.
I'm in London, and did a couple of London > toronto > london trips and while in the summer I could do it without stopping to charge, I had to make a couple stops in the winter as a result.
You basically lose 50% of your range in winter, so a 510km battery nets you about 260km or less, so the extra capacity is extremely well worth it.
the colder it gets, the worse you fare. I was at a concert in Toronto in December, had about 220km left on the battery, when we left toronto it was -2C, by the time we exited the 403 at woodstock, it was -20C and I had to stop and charge for 30 mins as my battery said there was only 60km left and I wouldn't have made it home.
That said, I've done numerous long distance trips (London > Ottawa and back, London > Washington DC and back) and my range anxiety is completely gone. It takes a bit to get used to but once you've figured out the limits that you're comfortable with, it's no different than planning gas station stops.
Anyway, if anyone is buying a Tesla, here's the referral code I spoke about before: https://ts.la/dean62421
It's more than a few bucks:
Ran some numbers having my Model 3 for a year:
05/17-05/18 = $1020.98 in fuel for my 06 Mazda 3
Drove just shy of 10K km = $0.10/km
06/18-06/19 = $338.91 in electricity ($173.71 Super Charging, $165.20 Home Charging)
Drove just shy of 20K km = $0.016/km
I'm happy to save $700 annually or more, dunno 'bout you.
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I have a Tesla model 3. Best decision I ever made. I can't charge at my complex but my office parking lot set me up with a spot with a charging outlet for the mobile charger so I charge daily for free.
I would not recommend an EV if you can't charge at work or home, though.... unless you have a definitively planned out charging ability like a nearby available supercharger or L2 at a public lot.
I would not recommend an EV if you can't charge at work or home, though.... unless you have a definitively planned out charging ability like a nearby available supercharger or L2 at a public lot.
Same.
Also that'll give them time to come up with new battery tech that won't burn you alive in the event of a collision.
I have one. I guess it's weird, but I finally realized that I wasn't consuming any gas around a few months ago on a road trip. I was like, woah, I'm not really emitting anything. However, where the electricity comes from is still up for debate.
I don't see myself ever owning any car anymore. Sold my car last year as it was just a huge money pit.
But if I ever do consider buying a car in the future, it will definitely be electric.
But if I ever do consider buying a car in the future, it will definitely be electric.
If it makes any sense for me financially, sure. But I don't see that happening in the next 10 years (or something). So I'll have to rely on a gas powered car for the foreseeable future.
I also think that battery EVs are an interim solution... I personally find solutions like hydrogen much more appealing.
I also think that battery EVs are an interim solution... I personally find solutions like hydrogen much more appealing.
Perhaps, I was planning on getting an EV next year but the government decided to lower incentives on leasing EV next year so I might have to wait.
