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EV owners... What is your opinion? (lemmy.sdf.org)
submitted 3 weeks ago by thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org to c/electricvehicles@slrpnk.net
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I am probably going to trade in my car for an EV this year. I have been following the technology for a while but I really do no not like all the touchscreen nonsense.

Do you like your EV? What is it? What are the pros and cons of your experience?

The Ford MachE and the Subaru Solterra are at the top of my list but I like the KIA too.

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[–] hovercat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 weeks ago

The number one thing to consider is having a heat pump. I live in SE Michigan with my i3, having owned one without a heat pump and now with, it's night and day difference. Even when it's -15F, I only lose about 30% range at most while it was closer to 50% without the heat pump. Preconditioning the battery makes that closer to only a 15% loss.