EVs

User: cwlidz1@gmail.com

Vendor: Drive Green - Green Energy Consumers Alliance

Action: 3382 - Drive an Electric Vehicle

In the fall of 2016 I bought a Chevy Volt, a plug-in hybrid that is all electric for the first 60 miles in warm weather locally and gets about 50 electric miles on the highway. It gets about 40 miles a gallon on the interstates when the battery is used up. I love it. It is much smoother and quieter than an gasoline car. Its downsides are that in the winter battery mileage drops about 25% and it does not do fast charging. Still, I have driven it 107,000 miles and it is still going fine. Unfortunately, Chevy does not make it anymore and the Toyota plug-in hybrids get fewer miles on their batteries.

Recently we bought a Hyundai Ioniq5 for our main car. It is amazing. Smooth, comfortable, and with so many features that we have not figured them all out yet. When we plan a trip beyond the range of the Ioniq5 we are still using my Volt and buy gasoline. I have a friend who has an Ioniq5 and worked out where he can charge at fast chargers when he travels. It does take planning but it is doable.

If you buy either an EV or a plug-in hybrid, it’s much easier if you can get a level 2 charger (faster than a simple connection to the household current but not as fast, or as expensive, as a “fast charger) installed where you live.