LeftieBiker said:
danrjones said:
So my choice is between the Leaf, that can't get me to the airport, and the Bolt, which can't get my luggage to the airport...
That sounds like a great set of options. :lol:
I choose the longer range and take my luggage, leave my wife and kid behind.
Your solution may be Bolt + roof-mounted cargo pod, or Bolt + hitch + cargo trailer. A Leaf ePlus won't do it...?
A leaf plus might. But that defeats the excuse to go on travel without my wife!
Seriously though, I admit my situation is unique. I'm in a EV friendly-ish state but in the portion of it ruled by open space, heat and conservative thinking. I bought my 2018 leaf expecting it to never leave town.
ABRP suggests a plus could just make it to LAX, but the Bolt makes it easier. However the real interest for me is not the airport, its being able to go hiking in the Sierra's -> which I do often. Getting to those trail heads and back to my house is easy in my outback (paved roads, simply range issue), and I look forward to the day an EV can do it. I made the point in another thread that EVENTUALLY an affordable mass market EV needs to fit that role.
A outback-rav4-crv like EV that gets 400-500 miles on a charge and starts 25k. Yes, I know the tech isn't there yet. I have played with ABRP and the only model it has in it that almost equals my ICE outback in range in the 500 mile Alpha model for the cybertruck. For 69K.