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Lexus Champion
Joined: Oct 2019
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From: California
AJT, you have nothing to worry about. ICE is not going away anytime soon. It's just not possible. There's at least a 10 to 20 year transition period. But that being said, ICE vehicles are being slowly downsized and hybridized. There's no way I want to drive a 1.5 Honda Accord... with a CVT. That's what the Accord has become. Gone is the 3.5L, gone is the 2.4L, and the 2.0L T only lives in the Type R. Which is one reason people like me are switching to EV'S. We don't have to compromise. To get comparable performance to my Polestar, my Ioniq 5, or my Model Y, I would have to get something like an M3 or M4, at almost twice the price
Lexus Fanatic
Joined: May 2012
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From: Maryland
80% of the country's population live in the urban areas on both coasts of the country, remember that too.
Lexus Champion
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From: California
Lexus Champion
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From: California
That was a joke, BTW. We love our Canadian neighbors
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edit - I had this on a T-shirt don't know what happened to it.
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Lead Lap
Joined: Jan 2003
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From: Maryland
Other parts of the country definitely needs more charging networks. I drove 180 miles last Saturday and I could’ve used a charge but it was after 11pm and I would have to go out of my way to charge so I skipped it and barely made it home with 1% charge left. I would’ve stopped but it would have cost me 20 minutes to go off course but if it was more convenient I would’ve stopped for a quick charge.
Sad thing is I charged to 80% and got less than 200 miles out of it.
Sad thing is I charged to 80% and got less than 200 miles out of it.
Lead Lap
Joined: Jul 2007
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From: SC
Other parts of the country definitely needs more charging networks. I drove 180 miles last Saturday and I could’ve used a charge but it was after 11pm and I would have to go out of my way to charge so I skipped it and barely made it home with 1% charge left. I would’ve stopped but it would have cost me 20 minutes to go off course but if it was more convenient I would’ve stopped for a quick charge.
Sad thing is I charged to 80% and got less than 200 miles out of it.
Sad thing is I charged to 80% and got less than 200 miles out of it.
Lead Lap
Joined: Jan 2003
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From: Maryland
I have 20" all season tires. I have never gotten the claimed range ever. When I charge to 80% it says I have 300 miles of range but I never get close to that. I didn't think it would be that close last week but I had severe range anxiety but I also knew that even at 0% a friend said there was some reserve charge left. I do keep sentry on and that supposedly eats up around 7% of the charge. It's one of the reasons why when people complain about the range of BMWs and Porsches being low I laugh because it is really no different than what I actually get, not what is claimed.
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Pole Position
Joined: Mar 2014
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From: fl
Highway driving for me when I'm driving between 75-82mph has always translated into getting about 2/3 of the reported range. Seems consistent among other Tesla owners I know. My car (MYP) range is around 300 miles I think - so if I charge to 100% and get started on a road trip I'm expecting to need to charge before 200 miles.
Lead Lap
Joined: Jan 2003
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From: Maryland
Highway driving for me when I'm driving between 75-82mph has always translated into getting about 2/3 of the reported range. Seems consistent among other Tesla owners I know. My car (MYP) range is around 300 miles I think - so if I charge to 100% and get started on a road trip I'm expecting to need to charge before 200 miles.
At 70-75 I get my EPA range, but anything higher and it starts to hurt.
Also some good news for non-Teslas charging at SCs. User on reddit posted that V3s with the magic dock are no longer limited to 150kw charging. They were getting 212kw
Also some good news for non-Teslas charging at SCs. User on reddit posted that V3s with the magic dock are no longer limited to 150kw charging. They were getting 212kw
Lexus Champion
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From: California
The closest I've ever cut it was leaving my aunt's house who lives in a remote town in the Sierra foothills at 32 percent. The map took me 58 miles to the nearest superchargers, I got there at 11 percent. When in doubt, I just use the trip planner, and it will let me know if I can make it or not
Lead Lap
Joined: Jul 2007
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From: SC
I have 20" all season tires. I have never gotten the claimed range ever. When I charge to 80% it says I have 300 miles of range but I never get close to that. I didn't think it would be that close last week but I had severe range anxiety but I also knew that even at 0% a friend said there was some reserve charge left. I do keep sentry on and that supposedly eats up around 7% of the charge. It's one of the reasons why when people complain about the range of BMWs and Porsches being low I laugh because it is really no different than what I actually get, not what is claimed.
Sorry to bombard you with questions, but I'm considering a used or maybe new Plaid in the near future. The range really isn't that big a deal since it would be a toy, but I'm trying to figure out what I might be getting into.
Lexus Champion
Joined: Jan 2012
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From: Knoxville, TN
I'm not arguing with Amirza I'm just telling him... for context. In a city this large there are 8 superchargers. In California they are just everywhere and that's good.
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Joined: Apr 2014
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From: PA
BMW has committed to moving to NACS connectors in 2025 for US market. Personally I wouldn't buy any EV without that connector if I planned on owning it for a pretty long time. Not worth the hassle, the writing is on the wall for every other standard in the US.