Re: Whoops! The Atlantic Makes Trump Look EPIC In Cover Intended as a Smear

On 10/3/2024 4:02 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:

On 9/25/2024 8:03 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

On 9/25/2024 1:16 PM, Mike Van Pelt wrote:

In article <c0056f49-7df6-41f8-ee4c-8125d5ff0952@example.net>,
D  <nospam@example.net> wrote:

Give me an electric car that goes as far (or further) than my gasoline
car, with a charging time that is equal, at a cost that is equal, and I
will definitely buy it.

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I think hybrid is, given current technology, a superior
solution.  My Prius got right around 50 MPG. With a 10.5 gallon
tank, that's 450 miles before the "low fuel" light lights, and
comfortably 50 miles range beyond that.  (I got the "Low Fuel"
light a few miles from home in San Jose, drove back to work in
South San Francisco the next day, and drove to Costco next to
the San Francisco Airport at lunch to refuel.  Slightly over
10 gallons to fill, so I still had a comfortable margin.)
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I drove it for 13 years, no trouble with the battery, sold it
to a friend's son who was going off to college, and it's still
going strong.  I tend to drive cars until they drive no more.
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I'm contemplating a plug-in hybrid next time I have to buy a
car.  Not nearly the electric range of a full electric, but
plenty for a retired person's trips to the store and whatnot.
And a normal gas car's range on gas for long trips.
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The big hurdle for me to buy an electric car when my current vehicle dies is that I live in an apartment building and the owner will not install chargers for electric cars.

 One of my cousins has a new Tesla Y (he traded his model 3 with 100K miles in for it).  He has a Tesla Level 2 charger (50 amps, 230 volt) in his house garage.  His girlfriend just moved into his house also.  She likes his Tesla Y so much that she bought one also.  His Telsa EV charger basically gives 35 miles of battery charge per hour of charging.
 Now they are are jockeying to see who gets the Telsa Charger stall in the garage.  No fights yet according to my cousin.  The cost to install a second charger is $1,500 so he is not going to do that at this time.

I'm surprised at the prices I see quoted for a Tesla charger. Mine cost
$500, plus about 350 for the installation, in 2019. That's before a 30%
Federal tax rebate.
Mine has a 20' cable - it has to reach over a garden bed. Perhaps
your cousin could get a similarly long cable that can reach both cars.
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