Recent content by Jondrew

A guy I work with is a Voltaholic. I think he has 3. Not my cup of tea though. I want to go full EV or not bother. Kia makes a nice hybrid, the Nico. The base model gets 50 mpg. I drove one last week and liked it a lot. Lots of space, very safe car and of course Kia’s super warranty. It might...

I actually have a Model 3 on order I’m supposed to be picking up next week. We just decided we like our present cars (I have a 2018 Jeep Rubicon and my wife has a 2015 Lexus IS 250) and to go to a new EV would mean getting rid of one of those, neither of us is interested in that. So I’m going to...

That’s great info. Seems like I’d be right on the hairy edge based on my driving habits and other conditions. Certainly I’d be using the AC (almost never heat, although I suppose occasionally). Parts of my route are 70 mph, parts sitting in traffic. Derating my distance by 50% just seems like...

My daily commute will be between 50 and 70 miles depending on traffic and route. We have other cars so that will be the only use of the car. Further, with my work schedule it will only be used 18 days a month. Hoping the car will last for that driving cycle maybe 3 years. I know the 108 mile...

Gets pretty hot here in Florida, which apparently is where this one lived. We’ll see. Once it gets home, it only has to make about 60% of the stated capacity per day.

In service hours must mean something. If the vehicle was not being used, I assume it was not being charged regularly. So it would have minimum charge cycles on it. I don’t know the build date. If it’s a 2017 model, I suppose it could be over 3 years old. I still have not laid eyes on it.

Thanks so far! I figure worst case I’ll get close enough to home to get a flatbed tow :D I was looking to pick up an older leaf, but the 80 mile battery would just barely make my new commute assuming a non degraded battery (60-70 mile per day). The 30KW battery in this 2017 should easily make...

Hi, Apologies for not reading all the FAQs and posts. Just found this website. I’m picking up a 2017 leaf SL tomorrow. They promise it will be fully charged. Waze says its between 101 and 110 miles to get home. 1) If I drive 65 on the HW, no AC (this is florida) and otherwise do my best to...