Recent content by peralex1

Hi, Gadget Gav. How effective is the heating system comparing to ICE? Obviously in ICE that heat is a byproduct and is free, unlike in EV where you have to pay with your range. Did you have to freeze to get those mid 60's range?

I think I was not clear - $299 a month with $0 down after $3000 rebate - so it is $299 not $174. $120 for 1,250 miles sounds very high. Do you mean your entire electrical bill is $120? I currently pay about $0.12 per kwh (just signed up for alternative supplier for $0.0759 guaranteed for 6...

I was just offered SEL at $299 a month for 2 year lease with $0 down (my state rebate is $3000). So, Frank, they do offer 2 year leases as well. One of co-workers raised a concern about winter driving - how dramatically the range drops when you have temps of close to 0 F? Last winter we had sub...

It looks like SEL is advertised nation wide at $299 with something like $2400 down, minus $3000 state rebate (CA, CT as far as I know) which makes it 217 with $2400 down or more realistically $283 with $0 down. Plenty of offers. Seems like it will be even more aggressive as it gets close to...

I looked at those used LEAFs. Around 13k for not a bad vehicle. I think it make a lot of sense if you drive a lot. Otherwise with a current deal for lease at $299 a month plus 2400 down is hard to compare to a used car. What really surprised me was residual value of these cars - it seems that...

I was hooked on e-golf when I took it for a test ride from local dealership. Wife drives SUV, but even she admitted that car drives excellent. As for Leaf - I am so hooked on VW, that LEAF is just not going to happen for me. Not like it is bad car or anything like that, just does not have the...

You are right - lease is not a freebie either. I think that e-golf even 4-5 years from now will still be a very usable car, that is why I am thinking about outright purchase - with ICE cars after say 100k miles you consider very high reliability issue as well as rising cost of maintenance...

I agree that 2-3 years from now ranges going to be much better and rebates will be more than likely gone all together. What is tempting me right now - rebates ( federal $7500 and state of CT $3000) and current dealer incentive (sales guys are very tight lipped about it. So from $36k to about...

Why would you purchase EV right now? Gas is fairly cheap. Range on regular EV's is very small - around 80 miles. Just trying to get some pluses and minuses for justification of purchase (convincing wife) :D. On serious note - is it all about saving environment, saving money or standing out of...

I have read somewhere that BMW gives owners of i3 a 3-series loaner for situations when you need an ICE. The only problem - price of i3 would kill any average person's budget. Anyway - looks like I will be waiting for a 200-mile e-golf. Thank you for your advice.

Weekend house and weeklong at work with some short 5-10 mile drives at work. Lukely I am not concern with my schedule in either direction, so 1/2 hr or 2 hrs would not make much of a difference again in both directions. Going with plug-in hybrid somewhat defits the purpose - why have an ICE and...

Well, unfortunately SAE combo is a about 40 miles from destination - so I will have to drive close to 100 miles to get to it. Perhaps I would need to stop at Level 2 for about an hour to make it. I will be at about 70-80% charge on the way back at SAE combo. Would it top it off in 1/2 hr so I...

Hi, I am looking into possibility of a long commute (sort of) - I have to drive 130 miles one way on Monday and Friday, the rest of the week is within 10-20 miles a day. What concerns me is driving in extremely hot weather (100 F or more) and recharging battery in that kind of temps. Time is not...