lpickup
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That's what we have been doing for the past 2 years. Actually the first year we used a complimentary loaner that Nissan provided (which unfortunately they do not offer that program any more); the second year we used a loaner provided because her LEAF was in the shop trying to diagnose the problem we had with the car and waiting on a replacement part--they gave us a brand new (40 miles on the clock) car and we brought it back with 2039!EVDRIVER said:You are passing because you take one trip a year? Why not rent a car?
Now I never said we only take one trip a year. That's just the longest one. Ideally we would like to take several 150 mile trips (ideally without ANY stops, but we would have considered a 30kWh LEAF had it been available when we needed it) and a few 250-350 mile trips.
Ultimately though, the issue I have with renting is that ultimately it ends up using gas, and I really don't like buying gas.
EVDRIVER said:With the supercharger network 200 miles in most markets works and likely will in far more places by the time people actually get cars.
I'm fairly confident the SC network will be adequate by 2018, although today there are NO SC's along I-81 in PA, requiring a leg from Hagerstown, MD to Binghamton, NY (261 miles). The coming Harrisburg SC will alleviate that concern, but as I said, to make the full 750 mile trip in a 200 mile class car would require 4 stops (my math was wrong before--you just can't do it in 3), but with a 250 mile car, you can make the trip in 3 stops at miles 241, 185 (this would be Harrisburg, PA, assuming that SC exists), 183 and then ~150 miles to the destination. The return trip is actually worse because that final 241 mile leg is not along the interstate, where I would expect SCs to appear. In fact, that whole section of route (from Staunton, VA into NC mostly along US-29 is a giant black hole of fast charging in general. I'm not really sure at this point how to make the return trip in less than 4 stops and relying on CHAdeMO (which would be slower) for 3 of the stops.