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Old 04-05-2016, 11:45 AM   #11
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The infrastructure is growing in the South East some gas station now have EV chargers and Tesla is adding chargers. I don't really understand why is so hard to plug in your car at home when you get there from work... . If you are making a really long trip rent a car. The farthest I am willing to drive is 4 hours, If I am going farther than that I just by a plane ticket. EV is perfect for me; my commute to work is 30 minutes, the Atlanta airport is 3 hours from house and the Charlotte airport is 2 hours away. I also have solar panels so it makes sense.

By the way the national average work commute is 25.5 minutes



Yeah used EV's are cheap look at the nissan leaf but IMO is because the federal incentives, the market knows that the owner really didn't pay 30k for their brand new cars. When the federal incentives end I think prices will go up.
These are the sites I use to lookup chargers if I'm driving far in the EV.

http://www.chargepoint.com/
https://www.blinknetwork.com/

Those are 2 different networks locally. You'd be surprised how many chargers are around. Some are located at municipalities, some at .edu's, here many of them are at restaurants, malls, movie theaters, and pharmacies. There is plenty of 240V's. I don't use those though, only the 480v's. I've got 240 at home.

You can also buy EVSE's at homedepot, amazon, etc. Just type "evse" into their searches and you'll see all the options. $500 on average, and pay an electrician to wire it into a 40 or 50 amp breaker on your electrical panel. Once you have a 240v charger in your garage you'll use the public charging infrastructure minimally.

I do the same as you. If I'm leaving my metroplex, which is huge, I rent a vehicle. Foreign turf I prefer to have a rental with the optional insurance, especially during storm season. 2 years ago, I did this, it hailed golf balls, beat the rental up like hell. All I had to do is state what happened, sign, and the end. With the gas money you'll be saving you can easily build a rental fund. 3 hours is my limit. Any more I'm getting on a plane and renting a beater when I get there.

The EV is no where near being able to replace a weekend sports car, or track vehicle, but for a DD, it's perfect. Say goodbye to your service center at your dealership. You'll only deal with the mfr if there is a recall or problem. I like that. In 2 years of driving my EV I've seen the dealership one time, to replace the in-cabin air filter. I've also rotated the tires twice.
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