Colts Ironman
Sua Sponte, Rangers Lead the Way
I can't justify the price for a car that's not going to get me around. Using the 240v level 2 charging at home sure helps and if you do have other "practical" vehicles to use, it can save on gas but wait until the battery needs replaced...if I had other means of transport, and $60K to blow, I don't think I'd be choosing any EV. I'm going for a bad arse hot rod as my fun car but choosing one would be like having it for fun only. Our infrastructure just isn't there and probably won't be for 50-100 years for it to be very useful. I sure don't want to have to stop and sit for an hour to charge when it takes me less than 5 minutes to fill up. In some cases, time is money. We have serious energy grid problems we need fixed first. With temperatures like today, we are vulnerable to power outages, imagine throwing more electricity into our current grid so people can think they are saving money and the environment. When they can't charge at home because their power is out because of weather or our grid gets hacked, I'll be the only one on the road. Might cost me a fortune to keep my tank full but I'm not stuckMy wife really wants one but we don't want to spend $60k on a vehicle. I do have a 240v outlet in the garage we could use for a fast charger. Her round trip commute is 50 miles so I don't think that would be an issue. I have to have a pickup for towing so we would still have a ice vehicle for long trips.
Don't get me started on the name. I have a 1980 and a 2005 Mustang. This gets back to Ford using the mustang name for marketing and that it is getting harder and more expensive to come up with new vehicle names.