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PHEV is what I went with  1 Saabers Like This Post!
Posted by Railhead [Email]  (#93)  [Profile/Gallery]
(more from Railhead) on Wed, 4 May 2022 18:31:15
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My Electric Nissan Leaf was getting old and outdated. When new, Nissan sold the Leaf as a dependable city car that could go 80 miles on a charge. That was 2011. after 11 years, and 65,000 miles, the battery had about 49% life left in it..
The time was right to move it, so I bought a plug-in hybrid. I can run around town on electric, and if I need to make a freeway trip, use the hybrid mode. Gasoline is about $5.55 a gallon today, diesel is $6.39.
I looked at a Tesla, but $49,000 for the Model 3 is above my pay grade. Having owned electric cars for 10 years, I agree that they are a good choice. However, I can go 600 miles in my car in one trip. Can't do that in a Tesla. Maybe a Lucid, but that is a $110,000 car. I missed my 9-5 aero's ventilated seats, but found them on my new Energi. It is not a SAAB, but I get more than double the fuel economy, and it comes with some features I would have never imagined as a youngster car guy. self parallel parking, lane keeping and collision pre-warn, with cruise control that follows traffic.
The facts about electric cars are note worthy...in the time I owned the Leaf, I bought a 12 volt battery, and had a flat fixed. There are 46% less parts on Electric cars, and after 65,000 miles, I still had 70% brake linings. I think these cars are hard to accept, because they are more reliable. No annual smog check, no radiator, no transmission, no exhaust pipe, no oil or gas needed. However, if you are on the road a lot, the gasoline engine shines. I have the best of both worlds. On a recent trip from Reno, NV to Sacramento, CA, I used 1.3 gallons of gas. At that point I had a range of 500 miles left to make it to Needles, CA. Hybrid is the way to go....and you don't need a virtue signaling device like a Prius to be efficient.
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