johnlocke said:
July update. 341 GID's 74.63AH SOH=93.90% Hx=80.64% 62347 total mi. 117418 mi on new battery. 17 DCFC and 359 l2 charges on the new battery. The new battery continues to do better than the old one but June was exceptionally cool. The battery is holding up better than I expected. I'm down 6% from new in just over a year and at this rate the car will still meet my needs for a couple more years but I'll still probably sell or trade it in after I hit 100K.
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My next car is going to need to have at least 50-60 KWH and a 250 mile range or better. If I could get 300 miles of range then I could charge to 80% and drive for 3 days between charges. So far only the Tesla model 3 and a 60 KWH Leaf meet my requirements. Everything else is out of my price league and a $50K Model 3 is a stretch at that. Maybe I can hold out for a VW I.D. or maybe Ford will come up with something. $40-45K would be more comfortable
Is there a typo or extra digit in the 1st line? I'm confused.
I forget, was something wrong w/the Bolt? They are sometimes heavily discounted. Seems like if you could snap one up if/when they hit $11K to $12K off MSRP again combined with $3750 Federal tax credit, that might might your needs. EPA range rating is a bit higher than both Leaf Plus. It's got active thermal management and '19 Bolts let you limit how full to charge the battery to (40 to 100% in 5% increments).
Yes, the front seats are sucky in terms of comfort. Oddly, the rear seats are ok. I sat in the back of one being driven as an Uber/Lyft for about an hour long ago. I also sat in the back for quite awhile to work on my laptop while I was using public L2 charging. (In my family, we've had 3 GM vehicles long ago (model years '78, 80 and 86). All of them had decent to good front seat comfort. They didn't have padding that was inadequate or too hard. Their reliability wasn't very good though. I am the first in my immediate family to give GM another try after we stopped buying their vehicles.)
And, there are other competitors for that sort of range and MSRP (e.g. Niro EV and Kona EV) but with full $7500 Federal tax credit.
$50K 3? They start at $35.4K (off-menu), but now the tax credit is $1875 (https://www.tesla.com/support/incentives).