Today, would you buy an EV vehicle.

[ultrarunner]

Hoping more EV owners share ownership experience.

Curious as to the percentage of EV owners also have home grown power?

 

[Jstpssng]

Hoping more EV owners share ownership experience.

Curious as to the percentage of EV owners also have home grown power?

I agree. I previously mentioned, either here or in another thread, how it would be nice to hear from Bolt owners. That car seems more geared toward the average Joe. I can easily see myself picking one up next spring, after the winter ice has mostly gone.
I'm leaning toward a hybrid Maverick, but have 9 months to look around.

 

[Paystar]

Ran into this image of (supposedly) a Ford Lightning with a "removable extended range package." Looks like a toolbox. Also interesting. Wonder how much added range and added charge time needed.

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Oh look! A truck with no room in the box to be a truck. LOL

Why wouldn't they put it in that front "frunk" as they call it. I'm sorry but anything without at least an 8 foot box is useless to me.

 

[K5lwq]

What will the guys that like the loud exhaust do to make racket with the EVs? EV Manufacturers should at least provide a loud speaker and some digital recordings of loud IC exhaust systems for them.

 

[Jstpssng]

Oh look! A truck with no room in the box to be a truck. LOL

Why wouldn't they put it in that front "frunk" as they call it. I'm sorry but anything without at least an 8 foot box is useless to me.

Oh, yes. You’ve harped that point to death. Not everybody needs what you do.
I have (2) 2018 4wd pickups parked in the yard. The Maverick base price is 1/2 of either of those. It also will go more than twice as far on a gallon of gas. At this time it’s possibly the most economical vehicle out there to buy and drive… which is why they are so popular. I don’t feel the need to buy something, just to keep up with the Joneses.


An 8foot bed is just a waste. If you want a truck, it should be able to haul enough 16 foot 2x6s, shingles, OSB and tools to build a house. It also needs a dump body, and the ability to pull a 10 ton trailer.

 

[California]

... it would be nice to hear from Bolt owners. That car seems more geared toward the average Joe.

I thought long and hard about buying a Bolt. Five years ago I started a thread here to learn more.

Post #295 has my conclusions at that time. Summary - we drive 100 miles between home and ranch nearly weekly and Bolt just doesn't have the cargo volume for all the luggage, groceries, harvested fruit, etc etc that fill our vehicle every trip.

It does seem that Bolt's range, over 200 miles, is suitable. We would charge at each end.

This was before the battery replacement problems. But after owning a disaster Chevy Citation long ago, I was a little concerned about reliability too. I decided Bolt wasn't useful for my intended application.

Today, Bolt prices have been reduced some $6,000 from back then, and there is a new EUV version that is a few inches longer. I think either version would be great for someone who also has a SUV/truck when they need to haul stuff.

Updated: A link to post #295 that worked earlier, now goes to a different post for some reason. So I revised the link to show post #1.

 

[California]

What will the guys that like the loud exhaust do to make racket with the EVs? EV Manufacturers should at least provide a loud speaker and some digital recordings of loud IC exhaust systems for them.

My neighbor in town has a Mustang modified for Track Weekend - quick, deafeningly loud, not really street legal. Recently when gas prices jumped up he bought a Tesla Model 3 to use in place of the huge Ford pickup he usually commutes in.

I asked him "How do you like the Tesla? it's quicker than the Mustang, no?" He looked sick then said "well the Mustang has its advantages too."

 

[cqaigy2]

What will the guys that like the loud exhaust do to make racket with the EVs? EV Manufacturers should at least provide a loud speaker and some digital recordings of loud IC exhaust systems for them.

They already have that. Watching old episodes of Top Gear, those cars had different sound setting for the car.

 

[Doughknob]

My neighbor in town has a Mustang modified for Track Weekend - quick, deafeningly loud, not really street legal. Recently when gas prices jumped up he bought a Tesla Model 3 to use in place of the huge Ford pickup he usually commutes in.

I asked him "How do you like the Tesla? it's quicker than the Mustang, no?" He looked sick then said "well the Mustang has its advantages too."

A big pickup, Tesla, and modified Mustang!?!? It’s true - everybody in CA must be a gazillionaire…..

 

[Jstpssng]

I thought long and hard about buying a Bolt. Five years ago I started a thread here to learn more.

The post linked below has my conclusions at the time. Summary - we drive 100 miles between home and ranch nearly week and Bolt just doesn't have the cargo capacity for all the luggage, groceries, harvested fruit, etc etc that fills our vehicles every trip.

This was before the battery replacement problems. But after owning a disaster Chevy Citation long ago, I was a little concerned about reliability too. I decided Bolt wasn't useful for my intended application.

Hmm this link lands on the first post of the page. Click it to make it jump down to what I intended to link.

Electric Cars: Chev Bolt seems to be the first practical one.

Oh please, if that were the case with Tesla these things would be all over the news. We've owned ours for over two years and it's been flawless. All the owners I know are also pretty happy with theirs as well. I can speak from actual owner experience, what can you speak to? Two-Thirds of...

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Today, Bolt prices have been reduced some $6,000 from back then, and there is a new EUV version that is a few inches longer. I think either version would be great for someone who also has a SUV/truck when they need to haul stuff.

Thank you. Base price on both is about 50% more than that of a Maverick. On paper at least, the latter seems best suited for a second third vehicle, which is what I’m looking for.