turbojimmy wrote:
rk911 wrote:
we'll look into an electric car when re-charging or replacing the batteries takes about the same amount of time as filling up the tank and I can get 400-miles on a charge with some charge left over. did the Tesla dealer give you any insight into when that might be achieved?
good luck with your search.
With a 200-mile range, the Model III would be great as a toad. How far beyond your RV are you realistically going to travel in a day?
The downside is recharge time. At 120V it could take a couple of days to fully recharge the batteries from fully depleted.
A couple of friends of mine have Chevy Volts and love them. Not a huge range on them, but there is the gasoline engine backup. One of them just filled up his tank for the first time since May. They're good commuter cars, and as such probably good toads as well. Decent looking cars, too, IMO, unlike some other options out there (Tesla aside).
Our smart electric only has level 2 charge capability so it is 6 or so hours for a charge from empty. We tend to only use level 1 charging at home though. (Even longer). The reality is we only go 50 or 60 km max a day so we just plug it in at night or every second night. We kind of treat it like a cell phone. Plug it in at night. The smart has lots of Jam too but nothing like that Tesla. Wow.
