My range anxiety is non-existent because of the REX. Never had it, never will, unless of course I never get my car back, in that case I'll have other anxieties.😁
I loved my i3 REX. But the problem I had was that I got the message that I needed to use my gas, because it was getting old. And I was going through tires like crazy!!! But a great little car!
We get that message sometimes, too, because we usually have enough range and the gas just sits. I think it's pretty cool that it has a way to combat that.
Excellent advice! Our Bolt’s range really drops in the cold weather, but it’s still above our, oh, 15 miles needed per day. 😂 And plugging it in at home - so dang cheap (6.88¢/kWh; actually about 1/2 that since we have rooftop solar) - lets us start out with a “full tank” every morning whether we need it or not. It’s the occasional road trip that needs some preplanning. But now that we have the NACS adaptor, we can use the newer Tesla Superchargers (Level 3 or 4) which opens up a lot more possibilities and backup plans so the road trip anxiety should be much less (maybe zero).
Very nice great to hear from you. I drive all day long Amish transportation many days driving 300 to 400 miles but many days less so I have quite a few different vehicles to choose from but I must say the charging infrastructure is even more important than big battery… of course a balance of both is very important ! place to charge is so very important to solving the anxiety of wondering what to do if something unexpected happens and we drive more than we plan on or if the weather changes as you mentioned …facing strong wind, temperature drops , things like this. We may just need to stop for a few minutes and plug it in and charge and if there’s enough chargers around in the area, the battery doesn’t have to be all that big. It just needs to charge fairly quickly so may I suggest that whatever vehicle your listeners choose, they pay close attention to the speed at which it will charge at home and the speed at which it will charge at a DC fast charger because both of these AC charging at home and DC fast charging are very important as regards keeping the machine rolling in an efficient manner and that will be very beneficial to do research on that before purchasing a vehicle there are so many things to think about other than charging, but that’s one of the things I think is very important. You can only go so big with your battery, but if it doesn’t charge very Fast, it doesn’t matter what size it is when you do need to charge it you will be frustrated because it may be too slow at charging.!
Hi Chad, this actually is approximately the formula I applied when choosing the battery size when placing my pre-order for Aptera (and would have been if I had to get any EV, new or used). The only difference is that rather than considering the vast majority of my drives I did look at still regularly needed longer distances than what I do on a daily or even weekls basis. Interestingly but maybe not surprisingly this turned out to be the same battery size which was chosen by Aptera to make it into the Launch Edition (which IIRC is the one most pre-ordered before they decided on whaat will be the LE battery size).
My own recommendation to escape range anxiety is to buy a high battery capacity plug in hybrid. I have a Honda Clarity, and I go between 6 and 8 months before filling the 7 gallon gas tank. I normally run in full EV mode during this time. When I run in Hybrid mode around town, I can get 65 mpg, and on the highway, I can get between 42 and 54 mpg, depending on the terrian, but the vast majority of my driving when not traveling is using the EV mode. On trips, I typically run in Hybrid mode and I can do a 1000 mile trip on a single battery charge. Also, for people that think it is not as green as a full electric, I would remind people that 60% of the electicity you use is likely coming from the burning of fossil fuels, and you have to drive an EV 100,000 miles before you break even on the carbon footprint laid down by mining and manufacturing the batteries of a typical full EV vehicle.
I had the chance to do a ride along review with the Model 3 a couple of years ago. Amazing car! Always been out of my price range and these days there are so many great choices!
I drove my first winter EV road trip last weekend and my impatience nearly got me in trouble 😅 For some reason the usually reliable tesla supercharger was only giving 50kW to my Kona and I left after half an hour thinking I had plenty of range - and in summer it would have been - but a few km from home I got the low battery warning and pulled in with 5%!
5% is fine. The most extreme I had in a Model S was driving on a highway and getting 0 km range (basically three dashes - - -) and still having to go 8 km. Worked fine. The better you get to know your car the easier it gets.
Thanks Chad You ╮(╯_╰)╭ calm our EV worries with your shared EV experiences 😉 We have only used a DC charge once in our twp years of EV ownership Our Level II 32 amp Clipper Creek is providing our one EVs “⚡️fuel”. When 🤞 our Aptera comes….Our new home will have two level II chargers… But plan to solar charge the Aptera most of the time. And we have a Level 1 when we are in no rush to charge , as we don’t go out ever day All PV Solar generated electric power from the home solar arrays the four Free Level Ii chargers will be operating, just, down the street from our home, in Jan 2025 Warm regards from 75* F Arizona !
No. We will be at Detroit Auto Show that week. Had we known Aptera would be at CES earlier we would be. We have folks going that will share video with us though.
Very nice great to hear from you. I drive all day long Amish transportation many days driving 300 to 400 miles but many days less so I have quite a few different vehicles to choose from but I must say the charging infrastructure is even more important than big battery… of course a balance of both is very important ! place to charge is so very important to solving the anxiety of wondering what to do if something unexpected happens and we drive more than we plan on or if the weather changes as you mentioned …facing strong wind, temperature drops , things like this. We may just need to stop for a few minutes and plug it in and charge and if there’s enough chargers around in the area, the battery doesn’t have to be all that big. It just needs to charge fairly quickly so may I suggest that whatever vehicle your listeners choose, they pay close attention to the speed at which it will charge at home and the speed at which it will charge at a DC fast charger because both of these AC charging at home and DC fast charging are very important as regards keeping the machine rolling in an efficient manner and that will be very beneficial to do research on that before purchasing a vehicle there are so many things to think about other than charging, but that’s one of the things I think is very important. You can only go so big with your battery, but if it doesn’t charge very Fast, it doesn’t matter what size it is when you do need to charge it you will be frustrated because it may be too slow at charging.! I would like to give one example F150 lightning 0% interest rate right now beautiful opportunity to purchase …different size batteries but did you know that they can be purchased with single onboard chargers or dual onboard charger if you get the dual on board charger you will charge faster at home and faster at a DC fast charger They may not come though with the standard battery. I’m not sure about that. So research is very helpful in this regard. Another thing they do take 80 amp chargers at home, but that won’t benefit you very much if you only have the single onboard charger.
Research is very important. Everyone's needs are a little different, so doing research for your personal situation is important. Thank you for sharing!
My range anxiety is non-existent because of the REX. Never had it, never will, unless of course I never get my car back, in that case I'll have other anxieties.😁
😳 what car? 😜
Nice video Chad!
Cold temperatures do cut range in all EV's.
Hi, Rick & Faith! So true. Especially a cold as it has been the last few days!
I loved my i3 REX. But the problem I had was that I got the message that I needed to use my gas, because it was getting old. And I was going through tires like crazy!!! But a great little car!
We get that message sometimes, too, because we usually have enough range and the gas just sits. I think it's pretty cool that it has a way to combat that.
Thanks for the good advice, Chad!
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@DemaGeek thank you!! We have some great coverage of Aptera from CES coming thanks to our eyes and ears that will be there!
Excellent advice! Our Bolt’s range really drops in the cold weather, but it’s still above our, oh, 15 miles needed per day. 😂 And plugging it in at home - so dang cheap (6.88¢/kWh; actually about 1/2 that since we have rooftop solar) - lets us start out with a “full tank” every morning whether we need it or not. It’s the occasional road trip that needs some preplanning. But now that we have the NACS adaptor, we can use the newer Tesla Superchargers (Level 3 or 4) which opens up a lot more possibilities and backup plans so the road trip anxiety should be much less (maybe zero).
Thank you Tom! The Tesla Supercharger network opening up is a BIG deal!!
Very nice great to hear from you. I drive all day long Amish transportation many days driving 300 to 400 miles but many days less so I have quite a few different vehicles to choose from but I must say the charging infrastructure is even more important than big battery… of course a balance of both is very important ! place to charge is so very important to solving the anxiety of wondering what to do if something unexpected happens and we drive more than we plan on or if the weather changes as you mentioned …facing strong wind, temperature drops , things like this. We may just need to stop for a few minutes and plug it in and charge and if there’s enough chargers around in the area, the battery doesn’t have to be all that big. It just needs to charge fairly quickly so may I suggest that whatever vehicle your listeners choose, they pay close attention to the speed at which it will charge at home and the speed at which it will charge at a DC fast charger because both of these AC charging at home and DC fast charging are very important as regards keeping the machine rolling in an efficient manner and that will be very beneficial to do research on that before purchasing a vehicle there are so many things to think about other than charging, but that’s one of the things I think is very important. You can only go so big with your battery, but if it doesn’t charge very Fast, it doesn’t matter what size it is when you do need to charge it you will be frustrated because it may be too slow at charging.!
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Hi Chad, this actually is approximately the formula I applied when choosing the battery size when placing my pre-order for Aptera (and would have been if I had to get any EV, new or used). The only difference is that rather than considering the vast majority of my drives I did look at still regularly needed longer distances than what I do on a daily or even weekls basis. Interestingly but maybe not surprisingly this turned out to be the same battery size which was chosen by Aptera to make it into the Launch Edition (which IIRC is the one most pre-ordered before they decided on whaat will be the LE battery size).
That's so cool!!
My own recommendation to escape range anxiety is to buy a high battery capacity plug in hybrid. I have a Honda Clarity, and I go between 6 and 8 months before filling the 7 gallon gas tank. I normally run in full EV mode during this time. When I run in Hybrid mode around town, I can get 65 mpg, and on the highway, I can get between 42 and 54 mpg, depending on the terrian, but the vast majority of my driving when not traveling is using the EV mode. On trips, I typically run in Hybrid mode and I can do a 1000 mile trip on a single battery charge. Also, for people that think it is not as green as a full electric, I would remind people that 60% of the electicity you use is likely coming from the burning of fossil fuels, and you have to drive an EV 100,000 miles before you break even on the carbon footprint laid down by mining and manufacturing the batteries of a typical full EV vehicle.
Fantastic choice!! Thank you for the recommendation!
What do you think of Tesla’s
Cars are good. Service sucks. A lot.
(driving one since 8 years)
I had the chance to do a ride along review with the Model 3 a couple of years ago. Amazing car! Always been out of my price range and these days there are so many great choices!
@e-economy- thank you for the real world comment!
@@e-economy- got it thanks they opened a dealership less than 5 mile from my house and I was considering it as a possibility
@@dtl very true there are.
I drove my first winter EV road trip last weekend and my impatience nearly got me in trouble 😅
For some reason the usually reliable tesla supercharger was only giving 50kW to my Kona and I left after half an hour thinking I had plenty of range - and in summer it would have been - but a few km from home I got the low battery warning and pulled in with 5%!
😅 So glad you made it home! Winter ... Ugh!!
5% is fine. The most extreme I had in a Model S was driving on a highway and getting 0 km range (basically three dashes - - -) and still having to go 8 km. Worked fine.
The better you get to know your car the easier it gets.
Thanks Chad
You ╮(╯_╰)╭ calm our EV worries with your shared EV experiences 😉
We have only used a DC charge once in our twp years of EV ownership
Our Level II 32 amp Clipper Creek is providing our one EVs “⚡️fuel”.
When 🤞 our Aptera comes….Our new home will have two level II chargers… But plan to solar charge the Aptera most of the time. And we have a Level 1 when we are in no rush to charge , as we don’t go out ever day
All PV Solar generated electric power from the home solar arrays
the four Free Level Ii chargers will be operating, just, down the street from our home, in Jan 2025
Warm regards from 75* F Arizona !
Awesome!
Buy ICE cars. Zero range anxiety
Are you by any chance going to CES?
No. We will be at Detroit Auto Show that week. Had we known Aptera would be at CES earlier we would be. We have folks going that will share video with us though.
Can’t wait to see your coverage of the Detroit show.
Thank you!
Buy an ICE car. That took less than 20 seconds to write.
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Very nice great to hear from you. I drive all day long Amish transportation many days driving 300 to 400 miles but many days less so I have quite a few different vehicles to choose from but I must say the charging infrastructure is even more important than big battery… of course a balance of both is very important ! place to charge is so very important to solving the anxiety of wondering what to do if something unexpected happens and we drive more than we plan on or if the weather changes as you mentioned …facing strong wind, temperature drops , things like this. We may just need to stop for a few minutes and plug it in and charge and if there’s enough chargers around in the area, the battery doesn’t have to be all that big. It just needs to charge fairly quickly so may I suggest that whatever vehicle your listeners choose, they pay close attention to the speed at which it will charge at home and the speed at which it will charge at a DC fast charger because both of these AC charging at home and DC fast charging are very important as regards keeping the machine rolling in an efficient manner and that will be very beneficial to do research on that before purchasing a vehicle there are so many things to think about other than charging, but that’s one of the things I think is very important. You can only go so big with your battery, but if it doesn’t charge very Fast, it doesn’t matter what size it is when you do need to charge it you will be frustrated because it may be too slow at charging.! I would like to give one example F150 lightning 0% interest rate right now beautiful opportunity to purchase …different size batteries but did you know that they can be purchased with single onboard chargers or dual onboard charger if you get the dual on board charger you will charge faster at home and faster at a DC fast charger They may not come though with the standard battery. I’m not sure about that. So research is very helpful in this regard. Another thing they do take 80 amp chargers at home, but that won’t benefit you very much if you only have the single onboard charger.
Research is very important. Everyone's needs are a little different, so doing research for your personal situation is important. Thank you for sharing!