Hi, Pete! I loved the work you did in South Bend. Do you have a lead on a used electric car that will seat four people and our dog? Budget is 12k. Thanks!
there’s a series of options that all fit. there needs to be a better argument against change other than repeating the fears we’ve heard others express. take some time to see if what people tell you is true
I live in an apartment that uses parking lot style parking and has no electricity running to the spots. Management has been asked before if chargers can be installed and they said “sure, if you pay for it and it stays here when you move”. Not sure why they wanted to keep the chargers, but that’s their rules. So what do I do? Buy an EV and charge it where?
Older leafs (don't know about the new ones) don't have thermal management and are literally useless in cold weather.
IMO Leafs do a disservice to the adoption of electric cars because many of peoples' gut reactions to buying an EV (what if I run out of battery! Does it work in cold weather? Will the battery last? What about resale value) are actually showstoppers for these glorified golf carts. There are more and more options for 200+ mile range EVs that will work for more than a niche subset of Americans, but "you can buy a leaf for cheap" isn't helpful and helps spread FUD about EVs.
A new Nissan leaf gets less than 70 miles of range in the winter, and they have notoriously bad battery life. A used leaf in cold climates is actually useless.
Assuming that the OP is talking exclusively about asthetics when they specifically mention winter performance is bad faith.
I bought a used 2012 Nissan Leaf in 2015 for $12.5k. It was a post-lease vehicle. Around 25k miles at the time. I used it as a daily driver until COVID hit and it’s still my go-to vehicle in the house.
Lol I know it's against etiquette to complain about downvotes, but I didn't think I needed to actually explain that the average cost of an industry of cars is utterly meaningless. There are cheap EVs, there are expensive EVs. Unless you're buying a fleet of EVs of different makes, looking at average price is a fallacy.
