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For most US drivers, electric vehicles offer emissions benefits and cost savings, according to a new study by MIT researchers (news.mit.edu)
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[–] Cort@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Yeah, leafs are cheap AF, if you can make due with the small range. They have passive cooling for the batteries like the egolf, but I'd be wary of an egolf since I don't know how well they're supported by 3rd parties like the leaf is.

I-miev didn't sell well, and I've seen lots of problems with them, so I'd stay away from them. bmw i3 would be the most expensive of the older, 3g options both to buy and maintain.

The other option to consider if you don't mind an even shorter electric range would be a phev like Chevy volt or Ford fusion. But your commute would need to be less than 10 miles for that to work.

[–] pound_heap@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Yeah, I didn't consider Leaf because of these issues... Thanks for sharing about e-golf. And I'm wary about quality of early Chevy and Ford EVs. Even newer models are crappy. I actually own a Ford Escape PHEV, and cannot charge it at all because of a recall after recall that come with a warning "not to charge due to the risk of fire" and take many months to be fixed. Edit: corrected my car's model

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Oh man, after reading that I'm so glad I held off on getting an escape phev. Couldn't afford the Rav4, so I started looking at the Ford but didn't pull the trigger due to the shorter electric range.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Leaf has had active temperature management since Gen 2. They are now at Gen 3.

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

But the gen 2 leafs also have 4g, and that's a deal breaker.