Recent content by Daggert1

Having had three EV's I can share my experience - a Tesla 3, Volvo EX40 (small suv), and Polestar 2 (Volvo DNA). My wife and I are big fans, we have a gas car for long trips (over 400 miles) and use EV's exclusively around Phoenix. They work great and are fun to drive. We got rid of the Tesla...

From the research I did the LFP batteries (in the more recent Tesla 3's and some others) are rated for around 4k to 4.5k full charge cycles. At approximately 250 miles usable range you're looking at over 1M miles possible on those batteries. However, LFPs aren't optimal where it gets highly...

As a new guy (long, long time lurker)... why not jump right into the deep end for a first post, be gentle! I've lived on both sides of this debate, and a year ago decided to add an EV to the fleet (four cars at that time) after years of dismissing them (thought the tech might now be ready for...