Well, I admit Tesla's truck is closer than I thought. But it can't hold
full sheets - too short (I don't know the width). And, if Tesla were to
extend the bed, the vehicle would get crazy long. The advantage of the
minivan is I take the seats out when I haul stuff. So, it becomes a
two-seater with an 8' interior bed. And I can still find parking in the
city :) Perhaps Tesla will make a minivan on the same skateboard.
There are several commercial ICE vans on the market which are pretty
close in function to the old-style minivan. For example, the Ram
ProMaster City (28 MPG highway)
https://www.caranddriver.com/ram/promaster-city
which also has an option for a 2nd row of seats, though I don't know if
they'r removable. If this becomes available as an EV it might fill my
niche very well.
Peri
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From: e...@vanderwal.us
To: "Peri Hartman" <pe...@kotatko.com>; "Electric Vehicle Discussion
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Sent: 18-Jun-20 7:08:13 PM
Subject: Re: [EVDL] [External] Re: George's farm truck/van EV project
Seems like a Cybertruck meets all of your requirements (assuming Tesla delivers
on it as advertised)
Although it's not a van, I'll bet someone comes up with something like a camper
shell for it.
Easiest to reiterate my case. I want a high clearance vehicle for forest
service roads. Also need a lot of range since there's no opportunity to
charge, in some cases, for nearly the entire round trip which can be
over 200 miles. In addition, if I do another real estate investment soon
(likely) I'll need a "construction" van.
Gary, your van could work for construction. But it doesn't meet the long
range or high clearance part (or driving on freeways). So, I would need
a second vehicle with those attributes plus enough room to carry 4
people and 4 large backpacks and a bit of other stuff. That would be two
fairly large vehicles.
However, I'd like to move to owning one car, rather than two. If I do
that, my car needs to meet all these requirements. (And, no, I can't
rent a vehicle each time I go hiking or to other activities in the
mountains. Rental companies don't allow that use, plus it's a lot of
overhead for an already very long day.)
I agree with the principle of buying a car that fits most of your needs
and finding something else for the few times it doesn't ... if that
works.
Peri
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