Does anyone here own an Electric Car (Tesla owners need not reply).

[Motor City Sonics]

Does anyone here have an electric car? 

 

What are your thoughts? 

How long does it take to charge your car?   

When do you charge it?   Overnight?  (I hear it costs less to charge it overnight). 

 On a longer road trip when you have to find a charging station, how long does that take? 

On a road trip, how much would it cost for a full charge?

How many miles do you get on a full charge?

How much does it cost you per month to charge at home? 

 

Is it more, less or as expensive as your last combustion engine car? 

Do you like the way it rides?  

Does it have giddy up? 

Are you glad you got it? 

 

 

Just interested.  Not looking to get a new car soon, but I think I am going electric with the next one.     The city of Ann Arbor has some Bolts and they are not super expensive. 

Let me explain something about what I am looking for.   I don't care if someone has a nicer car than I do.  Most people have a nicer car than I do.  Some folks I know say "Don't you want something newer, something better?".   No. I don't.   My car is 10 years old with a few little scars (but not that bad for it's age).   It's a Chrysler 200.   Cars are not an ego thing with me.  I want something reliable and affordable with heat/ac and a working radio/mp3 player.   

I won't buy a Tesla - for obvious reasons.

If I was rich and money was new option, I wouldn't get a sports car, I'd get an electric VW Micro Bus.   I'd live in it while I traveled to every ballpark in the country on an epic journey

But for now, I drive from Dearborn to Ann Arbor and back 5 days a week and run some errands.   Maybe 350 - 400 miles per week.  

Thanks, I appreciate your input. 

 

Edited Friday at 11:08 PM by Motor City Sonics

[LaceyLou]

One of the managers I work with has a Bolt. He likes it but only uses it for city driving-quite a lot less than you do from the sounds of it. I have no idea how long it takes him to charge it or how long the charge lasts. 

I thought they stopped making it, though.

[Deleterious]

Driven a ton of different EV's but mostly for weekends only.  So I can't help much.

There are some good Youtube review channels though.

https://www.youtube.com/@fullychargedshow

https://www.youtube.com/@StateOfChargeWithTomMoloughney

Here is one of them analyzing how fast the Bolt charges.

 

[gehringer_2]

Fast charging is a difficult subject to say anything absolute about, and the tech there is a rapidly moving target. As general principle, it's a higher risk to the life expectancy to fast charge any battery but the devil is in the details of each manufacturers battery architecture, instrumentation, charge controller and what you find at the place you stop to charge it, even the ambient temperature can be a factor.

But if you are commuting everyday and have charging available at night, fast charging at least won't be a concern for the car's work day utility as your range is much longer than your commute. So fast charging is more a matter trying to use the car for long trips. My Sister recently got an EV and ended up less than impressed with how long it actually took it to 'fast' charge it the first time she decided to take a longer trip with it in CA. That is to say while the car performs as warranted, that didn't turn out to be quite as convenient as is implied.

I've been doing homework on EVs also, but since we are a 2 car house with reasonably efficient late model SUV, I don't envision the need to use a new EV for long distance travel any time soon.

So far the IONIQ seems impressive, and I like the Mustang just for itself. A hold up for me is that installing a charger is the pivot for doing a bunch of other electrical upgrades on the house I haven't completely sorted out yet.