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Originally Posted by MartinSE
The longest drive my wife and I make now are to Gainesville. It would handle that for us.
The shortcoming is it is competing with Tesla FSD because my driving is so impaired now it drives my wife crazy. We really would like FSD, but I am sure at that price point, the Bolt might have supercruise, but not FSD.
It's a waiting game to see what we can get and what is the best deal. Tesla already meets our needs, but we would hate to spend more than we need to because we drive so few miles at this point - at most, maybe 8,000 to 10,000 miles a year.
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I drive less than two thousand miles per year right now, but this is not ALL ABOUT ME. Sure an EV might be optimal for me, but those that work for a living might not feel the same way. I have a relative that had to charge his vehicle at work in order to make the trip home, due to the limitation of his EV to make the full round trip on one charge. He swears to this day on the greatness of EVs but no longer owns one. It is not convenient for him now that he travels even further. Like I said earlier, EVs are too limited right now and too expensive for the average worker. It's easy for retirees to sit back and expound on the greatness of new innovations, regardless of cost viability and usefulness in their early development stages. I think that EVs are really interesting, but are not ready yet for the "average" citizen. Just my opinion, of course. I know folks that have hybrids and love them. I have a family member that purchased a hybrid and brags about his mileage. Since I did not want to disenchant him, I did not mention to him that I get the same mileage he claims in the Villages with my fossil fuel burner and better mileage on the highway than he does. Maybe I am a more careful driver? Of course, this is not always the case, but it is just an example of the problem with introducing something new to the "average" citizen possibly before it's ready. I am NOT anti-EV. I am anti- to being pushed/forced into accepting a change in a product that is not an equal or better replacement to a necessity just to please a sector of what I consider to be "elitist thinkers" for lack of a better descriptor. I still consider the EV product to be experimental and would like to see equal research and experimentation on hydrogen power. Of course, hydrogen fuel is likely not as lucrative as manufacturing electrical machinery and battery storage products.