Sounds like the question is whether you should drive an EV or a gas powered car with a few electric miles. You sound like the gas engine is your main source of motive power.
You need to think about WHY you want an EV, or does it have nothing to do with the source of power? Clean air important to you? Addressing climate change? I don’t know your main use and duty cycle is, but if both equally meet your needs there, I can tell you that NO ONE that I’ve known has ever regretted buying a Tesla. They all love it. Maybe you won’t, but I can’t ever remember anyone going on and on about how much they love their Ford Escape. - Mark Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > On Mar 16, 2021, at 7:57 AM, Mark Hanson via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi > I’m having trouble deciding between a Ford Escape PHEV (37 miles EV range) > $32k-6.8kFed or a Tesla-Y $50k (316 Mile range) The Tesla has auto driving > capability, can be added anytime for an additional $10k (As full capability > is added) since My wife has trouble driving now and won’t drive at all at > night. I drive her to work. The Tesla has lower maintenance but is pricey. > I ordered the Ford in October and thought it was made of Unobtanium but got a > dealer paper saying they’d make it iN Louisville April 19thweek. So I’d have > to cancel the Ford order if I bought the Tesla. The only inconvenience with > the Tesla is all fast charging stations are along a wall so you’d have to > disconnect the boat to charge whereas gas pumps are pull through to > accommodate trailers. That would probably just be an issue if trying to > trailer the boat a long distance (and the range half). > Best regards > Mark > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
