Also a shame they picked such confusing names. Bolt. Volt.
On Thu, Jul 9, 2020, 20:30 Peter VanDerWal via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > 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) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20200709/878a4430/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ 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)
