View Poll Results: Which do you value more in an EV?
Range
9
37.50%
Speed
1
4.17%
Tech
0
0%
None of the above
3
12.50%
All of the above
11
45.83%
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Which do you value more in an EV?
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Let me add this. Let's say I had to travel somewhere that has very sketch infrastructure. Not enough chargers, or they are very far apart, possibly in disrepair etc, where even taking a Tesla can be problematic. In that case if I didn't own a gas car, I would just rent a car for that trip. Problem solved
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But I want to drive my amazing car on a trip, not a rental car. I would have no concerns about driving say up 95 where there are lots of chargers, its specifically this trip because there are so few options.
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If you are going to take the EV plunge, you can do it in stages, like I did. I added our first EV as a commuter, than I slowly replaced our gas cars as I got more acclimated. Now we own 4 EV's and one gas car, which is our Sienna, but we rarely use it. I only keep the Sienna because it's a Minivan, can seat more than 5 people, and is...paid off
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To me one of the big factors is what do we get to replace the Pacifica. I don't want to drive the Pacifica on this trip, but if we get a nice SUV that I would like driving, thats a possibility. But leaving my awesome $130,000 car parked and driving a minivan on this trip isnt an option lol
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To me one of the big factors is what do we get to replace the Pacifica. I don't want to drive the Pacifica on this trip, but if we get a nice SUV that I would like driving, thats a possibility. But leaving my awesome $130,000 car parked and driving a minivan on this trip isnt an option lol
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Because we travel a lot, the closest vehicle at this time to replace my Sienna is a Model X, but that is a huge compromise because it only seats 5 while the Sienna seats 8
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EQS SUV is a closer option than a Model X, availability of 3 rows
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Absolutely true, but I also don't want to deal with Electrify America on trips. If you've ever used Tesla charging vs EA, you would know what I mean. I'll do a write up on that one of these days
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https://media.mbusa.com/releases/mercedes-benz-expands-charging-options-for-customers-access-to-tesla-supercharger-network-in-north-america-while-building-its-own-high-power-charging-network
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Mercedes has a deal with Tesla to use their chargers and they will start shipping with their plug soon.
https://media.mbusa.com/releases/mer...arging-network
https://media.mbusa.com/releases/mer...arging-network