OK, Im an outlier... and wrong about this ... Generally, I shot from the hip with my original email. There was a lot of my historical perspective in my DIY EV project cars where 40 miles would be good enuf. But actually, as used/salvage EV's are now approaching the $10k class, and most have 80+ mile ranges, you are all right. I'd be very happy with an 80 mile pack now delivering 60... and using only 30 most days...
And the other error in my thinking is that MFR's simply are not going to make a NO-FRILLS 40 mile EV this early in the game when even a zero mile EV will still be priced at more than $15k w/o battery just for expected amenities and since I would never buy a new car anyway, I can see why there is no market for a pure EV in that range for several more years. Though eventually, there will be a HUGE range and mix of EV's. The shortest is the commuter that uses her EV to drive from home to the park-&-ride. 10mi round trip per day. - Bob > Could any of the current shorter range BEV options work for you, Bob? >> You will need the few miles of extra range... [cold,age,detours...] ------------original email ------------------ >>> My answer: I'm waiting for a 40 mile BEV. The Prius 12mi is too short >>> and both it and the VOLT haul along an entirely not needed ICE >>> (adding $10k to the price) (I have 2 other salvage Prius for all the >>> distance I need). And my daily commute is 30 mi total. 40 miles for me. >>> >>> Unwilling to pay the extra $6k for the final 40 miles of the current >>> crop of 80 mile BEV's that I'd never use. >>> Bob _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
