This is why I believed that the 2nd Gen Chevy Bolt was the perfect vehicle for 90% of the population.
I.e. for 90% of the population it has enough EV range for 90% of their driving. When they need to go further than ~50 miles the onboard generator starts up and you get ~42mpg. It's a shame that GM did such a crappy job marketing it and then canceled it just as it was getting really good. July 9, 2020 9:30 AM, "Lee Hart via EV" <[email protected]> wrote: >> From: paul dove via EV <[email protected]> >> I would say that is only because people fictionally think they need a 300+ >> mile range. My i-MiEV >> goes 40 miles now after 8 years 65 miles new and rarely will it not go where >> I need to go... I love >> that car and while the range cuts it close sometimes I think With 100 mile >> range I would have Zero >> issues. > > I agree. What matters is how much range YOU need. > > I've driven EVs since the 1970's, and have never needed them to go over > 50-100 miles on a charge. > The EVs are my daily driver, and I don't drive farther than that on a daily > basis. When I need more > range, I'm going on a trip; so then I use an ICE car. > > Since 90% of my driving is local, 90% of my driving is EV. That's not 100%; > but the perfect is the > enemy of the good. I'm not willing to pay the Tesla premium for a perfect > 100% EV solution. > > -- > Excellence does not require perfection. -- Henry James > -- > Lee A. Hart http://www.sunrise-ev.com > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html > INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
