Many people are most concerned about their longest drive where average trip distance doesn't matter as much. Commuters are especially vulnerable if there is no charging station at their workplace. I have a 25 mile commute and with no charging station. I'm at 50 mile range round trip. Because I might want to go to the bank or take my friends to lunch occasionally, I am *not* a candidate for most EVs. Many are approaching and a few (less expensive than a Tesla) are cresting my 100 mile needs. I'll be in the market for an electric commuter car when I'm satisfied they can perform those tasks.
Honestly, if my company put a charging station or two up I would jump for it. My boss's boss has a Volt so this may happen in my lifetime. Meanwhile a hobby car that can make it 15 miles to a car show and 15 miles back is within reach. I just need $7500 for a pack and another $2000 for a charger. I wish the government could reimburse me or a bank would secure a loan against a pack. I wonder why nobody has come up with "pack insurance"? A Pack loan would probably be less risky than a boat loan :) sean On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 12:10 PM, JoeS. via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm surprised range is even discussed on this forum, as it's simply a > matter > of suitability for an individual's needs. Do the math. Considering that the > average trip distance in the US is under ten miles, 95% of the trips are > under 30 miles, and the daily average is under 40 miles, the i-MiEV's range > is more than sufficient for most commuters and daily drivers in this > country. Ref: http://www.solarjourneyusa.com/EVdistanceAnalysis.php > > Opportunity charging allows the i-MiEV to easily achieve daily drives of > well over 150 miles, and that's not even using the now-standard CHAdeMO. > Since most households have more than one vehicle, if the range of the > i-MiEV > is unsuitable for a particular trip, then simply arrange to take another > car. > > Our family's first i-MiEV is now three years old with 37K completely > trouble-free miles on it (yes, we often put on well over 100 miles/day > despite only having the 3kW onboard charger). It quickly became the > family's > primary car, and late last year we bought a second i-MiEV (used, with > CHAdeMO) because of the first one's popularity. For longer distances, the > cover comes off the Gen1 Honda Insight, although the i-MiEVs account for > over 99% of our trips. With the back seats down, the i-MiEV's flat-floor > cargo volume exceeds that of most EVs (yes, more volume than a Leaf) and > its > tight turning radius and small exterior dimensions makes it a delight in > congested areas. Having the key attributes of the modern car (Active > Stability Control, six airbags, Vmax>80mph, etc.) as well as multiple > levels > of regen, I consider the i-MiEV a most under-appreciated modern EV which > admirably fulfills this family's needs. > > > > ----- > Joe Siudzinski > -- > View this message in context: > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Re-EVLN-iMiev-remains-cheap-EV-champ-nil-changes-2016-model-in-March-tp4674046p4674058.html > Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -- Sean Korb [email protected] http://www.spkorb.org '65,'68 Mustangs,'68 Cougar,'78 R100/7,'60 Metro,'59 A35,'71 Pantera #1382 "The more you drive, the less intelligent you get" --Miller "Computers are useless. They can only give you answers." -P. Picasso -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20150304/82ed820e/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
