Can you charge both at home and at work? If so then you shouldn't have a problem. But I agree with Kenny, if you only get one charge per day, no bueno. And you have to plan for the future with some battery degradation. As a reference, I drive a 2015 with the smaller battery and 10 bars and...
Sounds like a great deal. I own a 2015 with 60k miles and I'm on 10 bars. I live just outside of Salt Lake, so just a bit colder than Denver in the winter. You should be totally fine with range. I commute about 20 miles each day, and can usually drive two days between charges in the winter...
I loved reading about your journey. Ravensburg is a cool town, glad you got to see it, and of course around the Bodensee is a nice drive. Still on my bucket list is to see concert at the open air concert place in Bregenz. One day. I've had similar experiences with my 2015 Leaf, but have quit...
My brother also lives in the San Diego area and tells me the same as what you've reported. He's got a Bolt and a Mach-E. Crazy how expensive electricity is there. He has solar on his house, so that helps a lot. I'm in Northern Utah, electricity here is around 10 cents per kWh and gas around...
My 2015 has been great. I just lost my second bar last week. I have 44957 miles.
It seems like somebody should have a big database where we could enter this kind of info.