turbojimmy wrote:
John & Angela wrote:
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.
Yeah, I hear the "insane" mode is aptly named.
Not to go too far off your original topic, but I worked out of my house for 7 years until this past January where I now have a 40-mile round-trip commute every day. Not only is the cost of fueling my Avalanche killing me, it's quite literally falling apart now. I'm seriously considering something battery powered, or partially battery powered anyway. 4-seat minimum tho.
If all you need is 40 miles just pick up a used leaf. Around 10'000 bucks will get you something good used. We actually thought about doing that but 4 seats was a deal killer for us. That and not available as a convertible. Check out cars.com. Many off lease cars there.
