Electric Vehicles: General topics

[Cmaier]

Probably not for everyone… but was surprised on how well it worked for us.

My dad now drives a PHEV kia suv. It’s good mental enrichment for him, seeing how he can manage to avoid the gas engine from turning on.

There have been rumors of BMW going the “range extender” route (i.e. the gas motor is relatively small and used to charge the battery), which makes more sense for my use case.

I just started highschool in 1996...

So I’m “just” 12 years ahead of you.

 

[Citysnaps]

My dad now drives a PHEV kia suv. It’s good mental enrichment for him, seeing how he can manage to avoid the gas engine from turning on.

There have been rumors of BMW going the “range extender” route (i.e. the gas motor is relatively small and used to charge the battery), which makes more sense for my use case.

Yeah… knowing the cities you live and work in a phev makes a ton of sense. If I were still commuting to Palo Alto (where I used to work) I’d go for the same.

 

[diamond.g]

So I’m “just” 12 years ahead of you.

Ancient. (At least that is how my kids acts)

 

[Herdfan]

My wife and I are still loving our hybrid cars. They suit our lifestyle best. 13 gallon tank with a 500+ mile range for combined, city, and freeway. We gas up our cars around once a month or so, taking just a few minutes.

I may have mentioned this, but the Ford Escape PHEV seems to be an ideal vehicle. It will fully charge on a 120 outlet in 10-11 hours. So basically overnight. It only has a 40ish mile range, but if you live less than 20 miles from work, you will rarely buy gas. And you can choose which power source you want to use. So you can use battery to get you out of the city and then change to gas for rural roads. Or let the car decide.

They really need to make a Maverick PHEV.

 

[Herdfan]

my last few cars were an eagle talon, porsche boxster, and tesla model s. My wife’s i4 is plenty fast enough for me. And whatever it gives up in pure speed it makes up for in driving, comfort, and features.

One of these things is not like the other. LOL.

 

[diamond.g]

Do you guys stick with OEM tires on your vehicles?

 

[Cmaier]

Do you guys stick with OEM tires on your vehicles?

when i need to replace my tires, I get whatever equivalent tires I can find. Especially because on my tesla they end up getting replaced after a year anyway.

On the Porsche I was more careful, mostly because different brands had different noise profiles and I made the mistake once of buying very loud tires and then I was stuck with them for a few years.

 

[Eric]

Do you guys stick with OEM tires on your vehicles?

Yes but only because my wife makes me, er, I mean we've discussed it and agree it's the best option.

 

[Yoused]

AIUI, my car was kitted with shit tires that wear out too fast, so, probably not.

 

[Herdfan]

Do you guys stick with OEM tires on your vehicles?

Depends. My current truck came with some Michelin A/T tire. It was fine in dry and wet, but they absolutely sucked in snow.

Replaced them with Continental’s which I have been very happy with.

 

[DT]

Do you guys stick with OEM tires on your vehicles?

I haven't replaced tires outside of damage or going with an aftermarket wheel/tire setup in decades

 

[DT]

We were thrilled this Keys trip with the EV (DCFC) infrastructure (doesn't come up for us that much as we only do a couple of 250+ mile on way trips a year). We headed down to the Keys via 95, then back up to Orlando via the turnpike, to break up the trip home, Stayed at Cabana Bay at Universal (Orlando). Chargers everywhere.

Last trip to the Keys, I was being a goon with only wanting to stop at a freebie EA stations, but in FL, there are so many public DCFCs that are only $0.30/kWh. We did ~840 miles, paid at FPL on the way down (major stop, had lunch, 35 minutes to full - in fact, I moved the car from the charger to right outside the restaurant), then free at Cheeca in the Keys, then paid at ChargePoint (just a 10 minute stop so we'd arrive at Cabana Bay around 20-25%), then free at CB (back to full), and factoring in the cost if we topped off at home back to the departure charge we did the trip for $0.05/mile

I still contend that without home charging, it's very questionable to own an EV, but if you can get that setup, so many trips that require a DCFC stop/stops, are still not that much different vs. ICE

FWIW, pics coming in a different thread, trip was amazing, stayed at Cheeca resort again.

 

[DT]

We were also just up in the PGH, flew out of Sanford (SFB), took the Wrangler, wanted a little "mileage load balancing", but also for < 2 hours, it's plenty comfy and I love it's PARKING INVINCIBLE

We did stop and stay over at the BIL's in NSB on the return an already late flight ran later, and I was done with driving after 30 minutes (at 1am ...) vs. the full 2 hours to get to our house.

(Jeep is a PHEV, so sort of on topic ...)