Battery based electric vehicles of today and tomorrow.

[Steppenwolfe]

That is hilarious...

 

[MossRoad]

That part I like. Actually all of my cars were bought online since the late 90s, with a little email haggling. Only go to dealer for the pickup.

There's a local Ford dealer here that doesn't haggle on price of new or used cars. They set the price on the window. You either like it or don't like it. They've been doing it that way for quite a while. We've purchased two used cars through them. Price was always comparable to on-line price estimates, less noticeable flaws/issues. Not a great deal, but not a bad deal either. Never left 100% happy, but never left mad. Felt like a fair deal.

At least they don't pull the "I'll have to go talk to my sales manager" schtick.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

There's a local Ford dealer here that doesn't haggle on price of new or used cars. They set the price on the window. You either like it or don't like it. They've been doing it that way for quite a while. We've purchased two used cars through them. Price was always comparable to on-line price estimates, less noticeable flaws/issues. Not a great deal, but not a bad deal either. Never left 100% happy, but never left mad. Felt like a fair deal.

At least they don't pull the "I'll have to go talk to my sales manager" schtick.

We got some dealers here that do that, not the best prices.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

It's pretty hard to heat your house during a power outage... which on occasion can last for weeks. I know, I know, everyone except me is getting a big A generator yet that defeats the purpose. Then again the only things I really NEED to keep running are my freezers... not an issue during a blizzard.

Welcome to 19th century technology. You can be warm and toasty without electricity. Ben Franklin invented a marvelous box called a wood stove. For our next trick, a small camping generator will run for hours on a gallon of gas, and is plenty of power to run a pellet stove, freezer, router, maybe a TV if not all at once.

 

[Egon]

A few early years of my life were spent without electricity. The gravity wood/coal furnace kept the house warm.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Nissan slashes 2022 LEAF price to $27.5K, under $20K after Fed Tax credit

I see the story about the Nissan Leaf price cut is still in the new cycle this morning and is getting the attention on some Leaf forums.

Leafs are not a Tesla but based on our 2016 Leaf SL they are quality EVs. Early batteries sucked in hot climates but the 3rd generation batteries 2018 and forward seem okay based on our new 2020 40 kWh battery that has a 150 mile range.

Should tax credits change over the next year that would enable getting a 229 mi range Nissan Leaf SL Plus I would have to rethink waiting on getting a Tesla and keep tunneling towards the mother load in the meantime.

 

[Jstpssng]

Welcome to 19th century technology. You can be warm and toasty without electricity. Ben Franklin invented a marvelous box called a wood stove. For our next trick, a small camping generator will run for hours on a gallon of gas, and is plenty of power to run a pellet stove, freezer, router, maybe a TV if not all at once.

Hence the rest of my post, where I mentioned that the only thing I really need power for is to run my freezers.

 

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[Jstpssng]

^^^^^
That's why I won't have an attached garage. EVs aren't the only vehicles which have been known to catch fire.

 

[txdon]

Drone video of the new Tesla factory down the road taken a few weeks ago. It is huge!