GRA said:
Are you sure 150 EPA would be enough to give you 100? For a short-term lease in your climate, probably, but for a long-term purchase it seems questionable. At 70% of original capacity that 150 EPA becomes 105, and that's before any allowance for realistic freeway speeds, non-ideal weather and HVAC use, let alone a reserve.
Purchasing an EV is a small niche now - I don't particularly care about that. I've always advised everyone to lease, that would stand even with a 150 mile EV. Given out 7.5k credit, it makes even more sense to lease every 2 years (and get maximum benefit of the credit) rather than buy and try to hold a Gen 1 product for years & years.
But - in my case 150 mile EPA range would indeed be good for 5 years or so in NW weather, given my low mileage use, even after degradation.