I could do that. My commute is less than 40 miles round trip. We don't have chargers here, but I could probably shame the commissioners into installing a couple.
Dan Sent from my iPad > On Nov 20, 2015, at 11:53 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Depends on where you live. I could drive from my house to NYC with no > problem, plenty of charging stations along 91, 84 and 95. I could drive to > the airport which would be close to the limit of my range but theres charging > ports (with preferential parking) at the airport. > If I could get my employer to install a 220v charging port at the office I > could make my 60 mile one way commute pretty decently during the summer. In > the depths of winter it might be a stretch. My wife could easily do her 20 > mile round trip... > A friend of mine in LA has an electric Fiat, she pays around $100/mo for it, > had to put $3,000 down but the state gave her half back. Overall she'll have > the car 3 years and pay about $5000 total, all the service (minimal) is > included in the lease. Thats not bad for a brand new car, if I could get that > deal I'd have one. Sadly the Fiat electric is west coast only. > > -Curt > > From: archer75--- via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: "arche...@embarqmail.com" <arche...@embarqmail.com> > Sent: Friday, November 20, 2015 11:05 AM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] wow > > > It's too soon to buy an all electric. There just aren't enough places to > recharge if you run out of watts. > I have a very "green" friend whose Prius wasn't green enough to suit him, so > he bought a Leaf for his wife to drive to work in the fast bus lane since > electrics are were allowed there. > Then the county, in its infinite wisdom, > > Andrew Strasfogel wrote: >> Maybe it's wiser to look for a used Leaf. They tested it first and found >> that it would make the round trip to her job and back without recharging. >> Everything was working well until >> >>> On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 4:29 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: >>> I like electric cars, I've driven both the Fiat and the Nissan Leaf, liked >>> 'em both although I probably like the Leaf a little more. The Leaf is much >>> bigger than the Smart, more like the size of a Golf. It was reasonably >>> peppy, quiet and not at all a rattly deathtrap. If they were similarly >>> priced I'd always go to the larger car. IMHO the Smart is waaaay >>> overpriced, under featured and under mileage. >>> -Curt >>> >>> From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>> To: Mercedes Discussion Li _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
