Chevy Bolt Electric Car

[Adelle Dazeem]

DH has had an e-Golf for the past couple of years. It works great for him! I enjoy driving too. It's a zippy little car! He has free charge stations at work so I doesn't cost him anything to drive it around. We are currently on the waiting list for Tesla and he is really excited about that. He thinks I will want to Trade in my convertible Audi for a Tesla after he gets his. As much as I enjoy the electric cars, nothing will make me give up my Audi.

 

[AustinMommyofThree]

Yep, that's the big challenge with an EV. Like you said Gumbo, an EV is a third (or second) car for most people...use it for the trips they make that are within the range and have a gas engine car for those that aren't. With a 200 mile range, at least for me, the Bolt would cover 99% or more of my trips. My commute to work is 120 round trip, which is really far, but still within range.

We have a Tesla Model X and what sold us on it was the SuperCharger network that gives us about 170 miles of range in 30 minutes (and we bought while they were still giving "free" charging for the life of the car). The way we travel on road trips we stop a lot anyway so we now just stop at the SuperChargers. The network is pretty good for where we drive and we've done road trips of 1100 miles with no problem. Not a car for every family's needs but it's a lot of fun to drive, gets a lot of looks from other drivers (especially when we open the doors) and it works for us. We also have an ICE car that my husband drives for work since he has the shorter commute.