EVs like my daughter's Nissan Leafs have more than enough power, especially at low speeds. Then there is Eco Mode and Single Pedal driving. I drove 17.2 miles to my home very conservatively and noticed that the range remaining just dropped from 188 miles to 178 miles (10 mile drop in range for 17.2 miles of actual driving at the posted speed limits of 45 mph and under).
Plugin Hybrids are capable of handling my normal around town driving on just electric drive,recharging the smaller battery (compared to EVs) each night to around 80% (to leave head room for regenerated energy and help the batteries last even longer). I'm looking for a good used PHEV at the moment since I stupidly sold my 2001 Prius (non-plugin hybrid), when we moved from California to Maine. People we met in California with Chevy Volts often averaged 135 MPGe because of their mix of commute miles to around town miles. A few would get around 175 MPGe due to less commute miles, and one couldn't believe he was getting 275 MPGe until we asked him how many miles he drove around town (topping off the battery every might at home). Then there is Jay Leno, I calculated he was getting something like 905 MPGe with minimal use of the gas engine and recharging every night using his solar and wind power.
The simple Prius hybrid with the smallest batteries still let me get 46.5 mpg when I had accumulated 306,000 miles on it. The regenerative braking also meant the brake pads lasted 276,000 miles.
With the expenses for our cat's last month and a half, I may have to settle for a simple hybrid, but I'd love to be able to drive long distances as well as around town like they could with Chevy Volts (no longer produced). Other wise I have to keep my old Subaru Outback as a second car (I'd rather not have to keep).
Thanks, Jim! If we have to use gasoline, at least use it wisely!
I'm retired, so I don't need to go many places. I don't own a car; I drive a 2016 Piaggio 350cc scooter. It gets 70mpg; with a trunk I can carry two full grocery bags. It will cruise it up to 90mph on the freeway, but I use it for day trips into the foothills and mountains, and occasional camping here in Colorado. If I ever need a car, there's an Enterprise rental office just 1.5 miles away, and they can pick me up. Colorado winters tend to be dry and sunny, so I just add layers and turn on heated grips, unless it's snowy, which never lasts long (except for 2023).
Get Americans to stop using vehicles that have more power than they will ever truly need! (Good luck with that, btw). Wasting gasoline is a problem.
EVs like my daughter's Nissan Leafs have more than enough power, especially at low speeds. Then there is Eco Mode and Single Pedal driving. I drove 17.2 miles to my home very conservatively and noticed that the range remaining just dropped from 188 miles to 178 miles (10 mile drop in range for 17.2 miles of actual driving at the posted speed limits of 45 mph and under).
Plugin Hybrids are capable of handling my normal around town driving on just electric drive,recharging the smaller battery (compared to EVs) each night to around 80% (to leave head room for regenerated energy and help the batteries last even longer). I'm looking for a good used PHEV at the moment since I stupidly sold my 2001 Prius (non-plugin hybrid), when we moved from California to Maine. People we met in California with Chevy Volts often averaged 135 MPGe because of their mix of commute miles to around town miles. A few would get around 175 MPGe due to less commute miles, and one couldn't believe he was getting 275 MPGe until we asked him how many miles he drove around town (topping off the battery every might at home). Then there is Jay Leno, I calculated he was getting something like 905 MPGe with minimal use of the gas engine and recharging every night using his solar and wind power.
The simple Prius hybrid with the smallest batteries still let me get 46.5 mpg when I had accumulated 306,000 miles on it. The regenerative braking also meant the brake pads lasted 276,000 miles.
With the expenses for our cat's last month and a half, I may have to settle for a simple hybrid, but I'd love to be able to drive long distances as well as around town like they could with Chevy Volts (no longer produced). Other wise I have to keep my old Subaru Outback as a second car (I'd rather not have to keep).
Thanks, Jim! If we have to use gasoline, at least use it wisely!
I'm retired, so I don't need to go many places. I don't own a car; I drive a 2016 Piaggio 350cc scooter. It gets 70mpg; with a trunk I can carry two full grocery bags. It will cruise it up to 90mph on the freeway, but I use it for day trips into the foothills and mountains, and occasional camping here in Colorado. If I ever need a car, there's an Enterprise rental office just 1.5 miles away, and they can pick me up. Colorado winters tend to be dry and sunny, so I just add layers and turn on heated grips, unless it's snowy, which never lasts long (except for 2023).