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What I wonder is, just how many people drive more than 200 miles at any given time more than once a year? I don't think I've EVER driven the Dodge 200 miles in a day, in 7 years of owning it. Probably a handful of trips >200 miles in the last 20 years. I suspect that's more the rule than the exception, even here in California.
08-16-21, 03:14 PM
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My friend leased one of the H powered Toyotas. A certain amount of free fuel was included in the lease but you have to get the fuel from a participating Toyota dealer. There was such a dealer on his wife's commute bu the car had too many problems and I think he got rid of it.
He had a electric Fit for his own 100 mile round trip commute and had a charge station at work. He had good luck with that car and even extended the lease until forced to return the car. Now he has an electric Kona and since there is a problem with the battery he has been offered a buy-back or some other concession.
He had a electric Fit for his own 100 mile round trip commute and had a charge station at work. He had good luck with that car and even extended the lease until forced to return the car. Now he has an electric Kona and since there is a problem with the battery he has been offered a buy-back or some other concession.
08-16-21, 03:18 PM
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What I wonder is, just how many people drive more than 200 miles at any given time more than once a year? I don't think I've EVER driven the Dodge 200 miles in a day, in 7 years of owning it. Probably a handful of trips >200 miles in the last 20 years. I suspect that's more the rule than the exception, even here in California.
08-16-21, 03:38 PM
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08-16-21, 03:47 PM
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My friend leased one of the H powered Toyotas. A certain amount of free fuel was included in the lease but you have to get the fuel from a participating Toyota dealer. There was such a dealer on his wife's commute bu the car had too many problems and I think he got rid of it.
He had a electric Fit for his own 100 mile round trip commute and had a charge station at work. He had good luck with that car and even extended the lease until forced to return the car. Now he has an electric Kona and since there is a problem with the battery he has been offered a buy-back or some other concession.
He had a electric Fit for his own 100 mile round trip commute and had a charge station at work. He had good luck with that car and even extended the lease until forced to return the car. Now he has an electric Kona and since there is a problem with the battery he has been offered a buy-back or some other concession.
08-16-21, 03:48 PM
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While we go past one on the way to my son's place, it is far enough away from our destination that it would be tight to recharge there and try to make it back there on the charge 2 or 3 days later. His school is not close to any interstate, and half the trip is on a state highway.
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08-16-21, 03:54 PM
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08-16-21, 04:09 PM
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I'm skeptical of battery power.
08-16-21, 04:15 PM
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08-16-21, 04:18 PM
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08-16-21, 04:24 PM
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08-16-21, 04:26 PM
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My son has two E cars and another on order. Both charge overnight, of course. One is driven by his two boys and is basically an urban vehicle so it never runs out of charge. The other is a family car and besides charging at home, we have numerous chargers in our immediate area. For really long travel, he still owns a gas hog.
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The only 100 octane leaded fuel available was only for race cars and jet boats. But when they removed the lead from the petrol here the aromatics that they put in the fuel to maintain the octane rate ate the rubber lines and seals on some of the older cars, which either leaked fuel everywhere or occasionally caught fire. They then decided that replacing a toxin with carcinogens wasn't the brightest move. So regulated for lower levels of benzine and other aromatics and the fuel companies had to just refine the fuel better to maintain the octane rating.
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08-16-21, 04:43 PM
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I heard it's like a whole little subculture for the hydrogen fuel cars out there. Knowing which station has fuel, which one isn't frozen up and the ones that don't have lines. Since it sometimes take a while to fuel them, a line of 3 may be daunting. Fuel remaining vs a station within range = it better have fuel otherwise it gets towed.
08-16-21, 04:47 PM
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The only 100 octane leaded fuel available was only for race cars and jet boats. But when they removed the lead from the petrol here the aromatics that they put in the fuel to maintain the octane rate ate the rubber lines and seals on some of the older cars, which either leaked fuel everywhere or occasionally caught fire. They then decided that replacing a toxin with carcinogens wasn't the brightest move. So regulated for lower levels of benzine and other aromatics and the fuel companies had to just refine the fuel better to maintain the octane rating.
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08-16-21, 04:56 PM
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I believe they are still building it out. They seem to be only on the interstates right now. There is one half-way to Austin and another in Austin where my daughter lives.
While we go past one on the way to my son's place, it is far enough away from our destination that it would be tight to recharge there and try to make it back there on the charge 2 or 3 days later. His school is not close to any interstate, and half the trip is on a state highway.
While we go past one on the way to my son's place, it is far enough away from our destination that it would be tight to recharge there and try to make it back there on the charge 2 or 3 days later. His school is not close to any interstate, and half the trip is on a state highway.
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08-16-21, 05:27 PM
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08-16-21, 05:30 PM
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08-16-21, 05:31 PM
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08-16-21, 05:33 PM
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