My first drive of an EV
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Second rental of an EV. Against my will. I reserved a standard car. They gave me a Ford Mach E (mustang branded).
Probably trying to get rid of it, as I was renting in LA and returning in Sandy Eggo.
It drives well and more like a regular car than the Tesla with the auto-brake like regeneration. I had no issues finding stuff but the boy was in the car with me so I could ask him to figure out the defroster or whatever.
Couldn’t avoid a charge though. As I write this I’m at a Starbucks as the ‘fast charger’ charges my car for the next 30-40m. I still think these are only acceptable if you have a charger in your garage and never drive out of range.
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Fucking hell. I get back the car and it had only charged from 23% to 46% in 41 minutes.
That’ll tie me over until I leave tomorrow morning, but I’ll still pay an exorbitant fee upon return.
The whole reason we call them illegal aliens is because they’re subject to our laws.
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Fucking hell. I get back the car and it had only charged from 23% to 46% in 41 minutes.
That’ll tie me over until I leave tomorrow morning, but I’ll still pay an exorbitant fee upon return.
@jon-nyc said in My first drive of an EV:
I get back the car and it had only charged from 23% to 46% in 41 minutes.
That's doesn't seem right. I think those "superchargers" are much quicker than that. #shrug.
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Literally never again will I accept one of these.
My charging cost was reasonable. But it finished charging around 10 and charged me an ‘idle fee’ which was more on an hourly basis than the charging fee.
I doubt I would have paid $50 had I returned it half full.
