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Real life experiences only, no marketing hype please. What is your regularly achievable distance between rechargings?
We have two Saabs as daily drivers and my wife has only a 8 mile round trip commute. Clearly an electric vehicle will make sense for us when it is time to replace one of these cars. My commute is 75 miles round trip which leaves me with a current choice of only two vehicles which could be used by either of us; a $70K base model Tesla or a $35K Ford Focus. The Focus would be at the ragged end of its 98 mile advertised range whereas the Tesla is advertised as having a 206 mile range.
Since I now work at a Power Plant (without electric vehicle recharging capabilities - figure that one out) there may be added incentives to buy an electric vehicle.
Is the 206 mile range a 110% hyped figure like all other manufacturers? Can you really approach 200 miles at highway driving speeds?
I hope I will have more than two electric vehicle choices when it is time to retire one of our Saabs.
->Posting last edited on Sun, 26 Oct 2014 05:50:02.
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Saabs owned:
2008 9-5 Aero Sedan, sold at 227K miles
2006 9-3SC 2.0T - Wife's daily driver
2000 Viggen Convertible - Sold May, 2022
1964 Quantum IV Formula Car - Retirement project
2000 9-5lpt Sedan, sold at 318K miles
Posts in this Thread:
- OT: Tesla question for Used To Be Chaz and other owners, MI-Roger
, Sun, 26 Oct 2014 05:49:20 <-- Viewing This Message- Then there's the practical side of this...., Noel, Sat, 1 Nov 2014 07:32:06
- BMW i3, No Snaab, Tue, 28 Oct 2014 04:16:48
- Re: OT:, Tom G
, Mon, 27 Oct 2014 05:10:58 - You need to think more out of the box..., Used to be Chaz, Sun, 26 Oct 2014 14:05:14
- Electric Mileage in Wintertime, Bill Homer
, Sun, 26 Oct 2014 10:17:43 - Posterchild for VW eGolf & TDI Golf, Trev, Sun, 26 Oct 2014 09:10:36
- Your mileage may vary, A1-turbo, Sun, 26 Oct 2014 06:33:01
- Tailor the car to your driving situation, Dano in Texas
, Sun, 26 Oct 2014 16:54:17 - Re: Your mileage may vary, saabsince 93b
, Sun, 26 Oct 2014 08:01:14- Total cost of ownership, Janik, Sun, 26 Oct 2014 15:47:39
- You couldn't be more wrong..., U2bC, Sun, 26 Oct 2014 14:22:54
- Re: Your mileage may vary, Snowmobile
, Sun, 26 Oct 2014 10:41:34 - Focus EV HB similar in price to Focus SE HB, A1-turbo, Sun, 26 Oct 2014 10:02:06
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