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I could not see anything related to safety besides airbags and cameras. Any crash tests available anywhere?
I’m on the waitlist and this is the main thing I’m contemplating before actually pulling the trigger on buying one.
I don’t care that it’s EV. I’m just stoked that they’re making an actually modular system like this. I don’t know why it’s not possible with other cars.
Tesla made some progress with this, but it’s the dealer network. The existing manufacturers are beholden to it and $200 oil changes.
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Not only that, if you have access to an outlet at home (many do; many do not), then you just never have to think about your "gas tank" at all. You start every day at a full "tank". After a month of ownership, your state of charge is just not even something you think about, at all.
Not quite that simple. "Normal" home outlets (120v, 15A) charge EV's very slowly. And even then, non-trivial driving will show up on your electric bill.
In Seattle, we also went from flat 13.4c/kWh to a new variable rate with 8c/kWh available from 12-6am. My electric bill just dropped by about 30%.
I don’t care that it’s EV. I’m just stoked that they’re making an actually modular system like this. I don’t know why it’s not possible with other cars.
Tesla made some progress with this, but it’s the dealer network. The existing manufacturers are beholden to it and $200 oil changes.
But car batteries, brake pads, tire pressure sensors are all becoming increasingly software-locked in. We're lacking open standards for this stuff.
A $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no stereo, no screen
It's at the second to last page where it says it's an EV. I didn't know and had to scroll down. Also there is no mention of range on one charge, which I think is a miss. The range (especially for an EV) must be on the landing page. The modular design is cool though.
One under-appreciated value of having an EV is that you don't have to buy gas. You literally do not have to buy gas. I cannot emphasize this enough: you do not buy gasoline for these cars. Not only that, but many places let you charge them for free. That is like someone giving you free gas.
Is that under-appreciated? It's kind of the whole deal aside from environmental concerns.
can someone please make an EV passenger van with good range and costs 25k?
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