Reisender wrote:
Your commute is comparable to ours. Literally every EV on the market in the last 10 years would work for that even at minus 20 degrees. And even with the worst one you would only be chargin every second day. And every EV made today has the ability to charge at 120 volts. For that kind of commute 120 volt charging would be fine. Many EV owners never install a 240 plug at their house.
Reference 100 amp service. That’s what we have and we have two EVSE’s installed at our house. A 120 volt and a 240 volt. Even houses with 60 amp can make it work.
Thank you for your feedback. How's the Leaf work in really cold temps compared to a Tesla? Does it have a battery preheater?
I am constantly looking for a decent sub 5k EV, if I could convince the wife, I'd do it in a heartbeat. My $700 POC commuter car has tons of rust. When it dies, I hope to replace it with a Leaf or a Gen2 Prius (whichever gen had the battery packs last 250k miles). I haven't been able to convince her to give up her Jeep for a Kona (not that I can find one locally to test drive). But doing the math I agree with you, a commuter EV would be great for me. I could fast charge at work in the parking lot if I needed to. I think they have either a NEMA or Chademo...I have not seen any Tesla's in the parking ramp yet.
edit: They have Chargepoint level 2's
