That's when I might plug in to a 120v outlet at work and double my range. bob
-----Original Message----- From: EV [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Dube via EV Sent: Monday, March 09, 2015 7:02 PM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] EV range needs, future best options (40 for me) You will need the few miles of extra range when: 1) The car gets a number of years old, and the pack ages a bit. 2) Winter, bad weather, etc. 3) Construction/accident detour. 4) Unnoticed low pressure in tire. etc, etc, etc.... It is nice to have a little extra cushion in the total range. At 04:53 PM 3/9/2015, you wrote: >My answer: I'm waiting for a 40 mile BEV. The Prius 12mi is too short >and both it and the VOLT haul along an entirely not needed ICE (adding >$10k to the price) (I have 2 other salvage Prius for all the distance I >need). And my daily commute is 30 mi total. 40 miles for me. > >Unwilling to pay the extra $6k for the final 40 miles of the current >crop of 80 mile BEV's that I'd never use. > >Bob > > >-----Original Message----- >Ok, we've seen both sides of the "wasteful" range question. Let me >pose >this: how close to saturation are we for the market of people who can >afford and are willing to have an additional car just so they can buy a >short range (50+ miles) for local driving. > >That is, how many people are left who will buy a short range EV with >the justification they also have an ICE car for longer distances? >_______________________________________________ >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) _______________________________________________ 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) _______________________________________________ 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)
