Thanks for bringing that up, Chuck.
This is exactly what scares me about electric vehicles and an electric
truck:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/03/us/tesla-police-car-chase.html
“We think it started the pursuit with about 50 miles left on the charge,
but when cars accelerate at speeds such as the situation, going over 110
miles per hour, the car charge starts to drain down faster,” Ms. Bosques
said.
The officer had "50 miles" left on the charge, but as soon as he started
the chase the range dropped to 8 miles and he had to call off the chase.
Imagine having your truck say you have 100 miles to go, and you start up
a steep mountain incline to get to a tower site and suddenly get
stranded because it dropped to 10 miles of range from the load of
pulling up the hill.
Gas - I always know what I have and in general it's the same no matter what.
Electric - Huge variations depending on temperature and usage.
On 11/30/19 8:56 AM, Chuck McCown wrote:
Depends on distance. My car is always charged. So I always have 200 miles on
the tank. At the end of a full day of driving yes it needs to be charged.
Local police departments are making Teslas work. Just takes a different
mindset. No maintenance and a truck good for a half million miles with no fuel
costs is pretty attractive to me (I charge with solar).
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