Would you buy an affordable EV made in China?
Would you buy an affordable EV made in China?
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No, I wouldn't buy any EV, ever.
Any reason why? I'm more than willing to buy an ev if it is reliable. Though I would prefer if it was just like a standard car but with an electric motor in it vs a smart car.
Because once or twice a year I take a road trip and the last thing I want to do is to drive for 3 or 4 hours and then stop for 45 minutes to recharge.
It's actually something that is important to me. And I know there's an argument for getting a rental internal combustion engine vehicle for my road trips but that's an extra expense and extra mental overhead I don't want to deal with.
I could be persuaded to purchase an electric car if it was reasonable, with a reliable 200 and some odd miles plus between charges and it was very cheap, but I would be talking 12 to $15,000 with those limitations.
If it had a reliable 500 miles between charge, plus minus 50 mi depending on drive, I would be fine with it. My primary complaint with EVs is that right now they don't have the distance to make me happy with them.
I want to be able to get into a vehicle and drive for 6 hours straight without a charge reliably for the life of the vehicle.
I won't do that very often, but it's still something that is a make or break option for me.
I'm curious what your current vehicle is and what the range is?
In between 350 and 550 miles per tank depending on how I'm driving it (city vs hwy).
It's a 2020 Chevy Malibu premiere.
500 miles? I mean, that would be awesome but are you able to go that far on a tank now?
If it's all highway miles, yes, I get about 36 miles to the gallon on a 15 gallon tank. Mixed driving I get closer to 28 mpg. 2020 Chevy Malibu.