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I’ve said multiple times that even 400 miles would be great. I’ve had multiple trips where an extra 50 miles would have been the difference between taking that vs my truck.I wouldn't personally buy an EV truck/SUV unless it had 500+ miles of range to account for highway speeds, cold weather, climbing up grades, etc.. Not to mention the combination of highway + cold weather + climbing grades we experience many times a year driving to Tahoe to snowboard.
Our Model 3 is a great around town / short trips type of car. The Raptor is what we use for longer trips (e.g. greater than 100 miles away), camping, and trips to the mountains. It's a great setup and the only thing missing is a sports car
I looked this up after the I95 incident and the tests they ran showed pretty similar idling times between the two…plus you could decrease the temp in the EV and have even longer instead of a fairly consistent idling gpm.
Yes but it’s still fairly cheap, I think my power is around 6.8c per kWh. That’s around $8 for a 320 mile charge BUT the power company gives a discount for charging outside peak hours. That would be closer to $75 for gas.
What bites is that you can't use all of your range the way you can with ICE. You want to keep 20% or so in reserve and when it's hot out it's really hard on the battery to charge beyond 80%. So your usable range is 60% of the headline range. Which drops in half after five or so years of average driving. Your 500 mile range vehicle starts with a usable range of 300 miles and that drops to 150 miles after five years. Useful as a second car? Sure. As an only vehicle? NFW
That’s a BS analysis. In the ice vehicle you run for 10-15 minutes off for 15 min. Doubling you time. You can’t save on an EV that way as the start amps on the EV would kill the battery.
