Would you buy diesel again?
Those of you that have a newer diesel truck, 2015 and up, would you do it again?
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We are trained to fill our vehicle fuel tank right up. Folks don't realize that slow charging may be enough for daily trips. Apparently full charging may actually shorten LI battery life, so filling to 100% isn't even particularly desirable.
I just checked my "hour meter" and the car was only in use for 14 hours on the last tank of gas. It took ten days and I drove 265 miles.
Even a level one charger would be able to keep up to that level of "demand". Electric cars may use approximately 0.3 kwh per mile, so 265 miles is about 80 kwh, or, in my case, about 8 kwh per day.
A "level 2" charge circuit is quite similar to installing a 50 amp rv service. Level 2 is 7000 watts--less than what a 50 amp rv plug can provide. I don't think of that as a 'major upgrade' to most homes electrical service. It would also give me the daily range in slightly over one hour.
1600 watts of solar panels would give me that 26.5 miles of range per day, provide me with a car port, and reduce the overall power bill for my home.
I just checked my "hour meter" and the car was only in use for 14 hours on the last tank of gas. It took ten days and I drove 265 miles.
Even a level one charger would be able to keep up to that level of "demand". Electric cars may use approximately 0.3 kwh per mile, so 265 miles is about 80 kwh, or, in my case, about 8 kwh per day.
A "level 2" charge circuit is quite similar to installing a 50 amp rv service. Level 2 is 7000 watts--less than what a 50 amp rv plug can provide. I don't think of that as a 'major upgrade' to most homes electrical service. It would also give me the daily range in slightly over one hour.
1600 watts of solar panels would give me that 26.5 miles of range per day, provide me with a car port, and reduce the overall power bill for my home.
Reisender wrote:Kayteg1 wrote:burningman wrote:
Maybe sometime soon this debate will be “should I get a gas, diesel, or electric?”!!!
And the electric will be the torque king, with various other drawbacks or considerations.
I was thinking about electric car as most of our driving is 10 miles there and 10 miles back, but technology is still too expensive.
3 years old Tesla cost about 2 times more than 3 years old Mercedes, who delivers 60 mpg highway or 40 mpg city.
Dare to grab a pen and calculate cost of ownership like fellow member did for gasoline truck?
Than would you like daily driver electric, or couple electric vehicles, you not only have to upgrade your home electrical service, but whole city and country.
Why would you have to upgrade your home electrical service when buying an Electric vehicle???
