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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (8 children)

It's a single model and virtually the only model of EV less affluent Americans can afford. That's a huge market.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Except the chevy volt is in the same sub 30k category and they handily beat the pants off of the leaf in range. The leaf only gets a meager 149 miles per charge. The volt can go about 100 miles further and has the ability to charge faster.

[–] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

? I own a leaf and get 215 miles per charge... Plus for most peoples the 149 on the base model is fine to go to work and back daily

2020 leaf sv plus owner here. Range is 212 officially but when my car is full charge it tells me 215 iirc

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Why are you giving a question mark? The only leaf under $30k is the base with a 149 mile range. The sv plus with the 212 range is like $37k. That's $10,000 more than a volt and still like 30 or 40 miles less range.

Also, yes, 149 would be enough for most people who never want a vehicleto take out of town, but you're leaving out a huge amount of problems with a range like that. First, if you're going to charge it every day it means you better own a house and garage to keep it in and charge, because charging stations for 45 minutes every other day or so would be terrible to deal with. Then if you live in a place where it gets really cold that mileage will be hacked down to about 110 miles. Plus, your battery will not last nearly as long if you have to use most of its range all the time and always have to charge it up to 100% full. Charging an EV up to just 80% or so capacity and recharging it at about 20% will literally double the lifespan of the battery. A small capacity EV like that won't last nearly as long as one with a bigger battery.

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