Red Squirrel
No Lifer
I hope they don't go away. At least not until an EV market gets established. I would really like to see EVs actually take off. I just can't afford to pay the "new car price" so I'm just waiting/hoping they end up on the used market for like 5-10k. Still too early for any used market to really establish itself though. Maybe down south, but not here.
People are concerned about how well they might perform here though, but I'd be willing to chance it, I think it would be fine as long as there's a battery heater, and pretty sure most do have that. People also worry so much about range but most of them can do over 100km now. How often do you really need to drive that much in one go? I'd probably use the 120v outlet half the time and just plug it in at home and at work to top it up. Heck it would be interesting to also have a plug that is fed by my shed's solar system. If there is a way to regulate the charge down to like 100-200w so I'm well below the solar's input power it would basically charge for free in summer especially when I'm on night shift and it's sitting in the driveway for 12 hours.
People are concerned about how well they might perform here though, but I'd be willing to chance it, I think it would be fine as long as there's a battery heater, and pretty sure most do have that. People also worry so much about range but most of them can do over 100km now. How often do you really need to drive that much in one go? I'd probably use the 120v outlet half the time and just plug it in at home and at work to top it up. Heck it would be interesting to also have a plug that is fed by my shed's solar system. If there is a way to regulate the charge down to like 100-200w so I'm well below the solar's input power it would basically charge for free in summer especially when I'm on night shift and it's sitting in the driveway for 12 hours.