#cars Did you learn anything from buying your electric car

[ohmu@social.seattle.wa.us]

@joXn
That's two votes that a 110v charger worked out fine. Awesome! Thank you!

[ohmu@social.seattle.wa.us]

@hermannus
Why but a big battery? That's exactly the money I was hoping not to spend.
Context: We have an ICE car that will last forever for driving anything like a long distance.

[hermannus@stegodon.nl]

@ohmu why you want to buy an EV? There's your answer. That's why there's two of them here now. One with larger range and one smaller (which is still 150 miles)

[hermannus@stegodon.nl]

@ohmu oh and I don't know how it is with you, but here we have dynamic electricity prices. So that gives us a margin in when to charge

[ohmu@social.seattle.wa.us]

@hermannus
Large volume grocery runs. Commuting.

[stenpett@mstdn.games]

@ohmu I bought a 2019 Tesla Model 3 six years ago.

* Great car to drive
* Never had any range anxiety, even on very long drives
* Rapid charges like it stole the electricity (15 minutes on average)
* Collision detection is a bit too sensitive (slowing down without any visible obstruction)
* Full Self Driving ... isn't...
* Social stigma due to the muskrat is too much for me to consider buying another one
* Fuel costs (in Norway) went from about 250 USD/month with my diesel BMW, to less than 50 USD now. I do almost all my charging at home, only using public charging when driving very long distances.

I'd probably go for a VW iD7 estate, or a Polestar 2, if I were getting a new car today. I'd not consider a pre-facelift Leaf, but the newer models have decent range, and a bit of poke in the motor, so those are quite good. My neighbour drives one, and is very happy with it.

[klardotsh@merveilles.town]

@ohmu my big caution is that Leaf batteries have poor thermal management and degrade much more than most other EV batteries. Their cost of entry is low, but a battery replacement within a few years is not out of the question. Also the older ones at least, still use CHADEMO which is a much harder plug format to find in the wild than CCS or NACS

[myphatself@mstdn.social]

@stenpett @ohmu I got the ID.4 on a super cheap lease and it is pretty enjoyable. The only issue for me is the weight. Checking in at 6000lbs is a bit much and tends to chew up some tires and probably brakes too.

[ohmu@social.seattle.wa.us]

@klardotsh
Very good to know!

[ohmu@social.seattle.wa.us]

@Myphatself @stenpett
That's heavy! Thank you.

[clew@ecoevo.social]

ooo I bet that’s bad for gravel roads too

All I want is a kei truck and roads it’s safe to drive it on

@Myphatself @stenpett @ohmu

[ohmu@social.seattle.wa.us]

@clew @Myphatself @stenpett
So badly! An electric Kei truck is my dream.
But it's gonna be years before I can handle that kind of project.

[jewelpit@me.thecloudtender.com]

@ohmu I drive a '26 Subaru Solterra and really love it. It was pretty pricey though, and previous model year Solterras are pretty crap.

Edit: oh, and it's heavy for a car at 4,400 lbs, but I'm not sure how that stacks up against other EVs.

[stenpett@mstdn.games]

@ohmu @clew @Myphatself Sign me up for an electric Kei truck as well!

[myphatself@mstdn.social]

@stenpett @ohmu @clew me too. They did jist allow them on our highways.

[clew@ecoevo.social]

I’m not sure *Id* feel safe, especially at night. I mean, I’m getting a little anxious in a hatchback realizing that sometimes I just look like a gap between bigger vehicles.

@Myphatself @stenpett @ohmu

[stenpett@mstdn.games]

@clew @Myphatself @ohmu Blinking yellow hazard light on the roof. Job's a good'n.

[portlandy@pdx.social]

@ohmu we had a Chevy spark for a few years and loved it despite its limited range. But gm stopped manufacturing parts for it, so when it stopped working last year, they just shrugged and tried to sell me a new one.

Lesson: if you buy it used, make sure the manufacturer still makes the same car with the same parts and plans to continue doing so.

Also fuck gm what the fuck

[portlandy@pdx.social]

@ohmu oh be sure to take a look at https://linh.social/@qlp/115891689704472587

[irrationalmethod@social.coop]

@ohmu @clew @Myphatself @stenpett

This is why I've been keeping an eye on the Slate Truck. (Sadly funded by Jeff Bezos.)

But we're planning to go test drive a Leaf sometime in the next couple of weeks.