Bill Fracalossi
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Hello! Total Newbie here, looking for some pointers. Heck, Im even new to Forums, so no need to answer here but just to give me topics that have already been answered in other threads here and Ill try and find them.
I am a Green Mtn Power customer, and this past summer, I leased a Leaf for one Month, for 99 dollars plus fees through a company associated with GMP. I have a 4x4 Silverado, 2018, and about 2 yrs ago put a deposit on the Silverado EV when they were promising a 40K usd "Work Truck" version. we all know how that worked out!
Last winter, just in the nick of time, my Silverado transmission went, costing me 5400, so i started entertaining the idea of a commuter car to take the pressure off the 2018 Chevy, and the environment too.
Fast forward to a week or two ago, end of year advertisments etc, Vermont has a 2200 rebate plus free Level two charger, and the local dealership had an extra 7400 for a total of 9600, so i pulled the trigger based on the low pmts, and the fact that I couldnt find locally a base Equinox w the 315 mile range.
So far Im happy, but a bit apprehensive after reading some of the post here about chademo being phased out over the next three years of my Lease.
Realistically, Ill only be doing under 50 mile round trips, two to three times a week, and maybe one 100 mile round trip once a week, all with access to 110 v charging at my son's house in Killington, VT but access, in theory, to chargers at Killington and Okemo mtns, which I used yesterday for the first time, which got me to 80 percent in the 4 hrs i was able to charge.
Now the questions:
I am a Green Mtn Power customer, and this past summer, I leased a Leaf for one Month, for 99 dollars plus fees through a company associated with GMP. I have a 4x4 Silverado, 2018, and about 2 yrs ago put a deposit on the Silverado EV when they were promising a 40K usd "Work Truck" version. we all know how that worked out!
Last winter, just in the nick of time, my Silverado transmission went, costing me 5400, so i started entertaining the idea of a commuter car to take the pressure off the 2018 Chevy, and the environment too.
Fast forward to a week or two ago, end of year advertisments etc, Vermont has a 2200 rebate plus free Level two charger, and the local dealership had an extra 7400 for a total of 9600, so i pulled the trigger based on the low pmts, and the fact that I couldnt find locally a base Equinox w the 315 mile range.
So far Im happy, but a bit apprehensive after reading some of the post here about chademo being phased out over the next three years of my Lease.
Realistically, Ill only be doing under 50 mile round trips, two to three times a week, and maybe one 100 mile round trip once a week, all with access to 110 v charging at my son's house in Killington, VT but access, in theory, to chargers at Killington and Okemo mtns, which I used yesterday for the first time, which got me to 80 percent in the 4 hrs i was able to charge.
Now the questions:
- Would I be better off avoiding the faster chargers altogether and just stay on 110v at my and my son's house for that 50 mi RT, instead of topping off at one off the Level Two or Fast Chargers?
- My other son lives 151 miles away in Hamilton Mass, and is 2 miles from a Blink Charger in Patton Park (where Gen Patton lived at one pt) I do have the Silverado to make that trip, but was looking forward to "trying" the Leaf just to see how doable it was realistically w 215 mile range, w traffic, hills, weather etc) kind of like a planning challenge for me. is it doable?
- What Snow or more aggressive all seasons tires have people had success with on Gen 2 Leafs?