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  1. ccap41
    And my personal biggest reason, is my location's charging network is sh!t still. It's home or nothing. Okay, there are some places but they're out of the way and unrealistic to charge at even if I am in that town/city(city hall, banks, or Joe Schmo's house). Would you prefer we all just hoot and holler for EV's and say how great they are and how they're the most practical vehicles?
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    Look back on page 1 for why that got brought up.
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    lol so steal electricity from the track?
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    Sorry, I guess I took that as "they did start from scratch" not that they didn't start from scratch. Most large non-automotive companies seem to do better with cash than auto companies because their margins are that much better so I wouldn't push aside any non-automotive company jumping into the auto world with how electronic everything is going. If they know electronics, they can build a car. Without looking at any numbers I'd wager Dyson has more cash to blow than Mercedes does..
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    That's not blazing a trail at all... I know I can install one at home. I don't know about the rebate or incentive aspect of it but that doesn't really help me if I'm trying to make a handful of passes at a drag strip w/o a charger at or close to the track.
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    I thought so but I didn't have a picture handy.. and too lazy to google..
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    The Bluetooth part is more surprising to me as it comes standard on so many cars these days...to replace the radio. So does the car not come with speakers either, because they seem useless now? They're making it more difficult to like this car...
  8. ccap41
    Wasn't their Roadster built off of a Lotus platform?
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    Like deflt already said, they're out west but that still does me no good in the mid west or at my closest drag strip. I already gave me zip code. Look up all of the available charging locations around me. Between me and Gateway Motorsports Park.
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    I just looked it up and who would have thought, there's no EV charging at the track( Gateway Motorsport Park, for those who'd like to find out for themselves)
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    Nope, I've made 6 passes in a night when there wasn't a sh!t ton of ppl that allowed for shorter intervals between passes. Why would you only make 3 passes? Barely hindrances? I have to drive home after those passes as well.
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    Summed up the book. Absolutely! But that one does me no good and likely a good chunk of the mid-west. Best part of going to NHRA events is the irrationally loud cars. I would not be entertained by EV drag cars. I probably would be entertained driving them but not watching them.
  13. ccap41
    " Why so serious? "
  14. ccap41
    Unless they have quick chargers at drag strips that's still not a viable option.
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    If I only planned on keeping the car for a year or two and the shocks are bad to the point of needing to be replaced I'd go slightly above the cheapest. I wouldn't want junk, but anything would be better than the worn out ones.
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    Zero percent chance they could replicate a sub 10 second pass on an air strip.
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    I know if both are off. But if you want to be warm in the winter or cool in the summer so you keep them both on.. I'd be confident keeping the ICE on knowing I can pull off and fill up but not knowing exactly where the next charging stations is, is more stressful. You're right. Charging stations don't run out of electricity but power does go out for days/weeks during said hurricane situations and I'd assume those aren't a top priority to get up and running yet. So we're back to ground zero if you're talking about a hurricane-like storm. Both ICE and EV will give you range anxiety. I know if I had a full EV that I'd seriously be looking into a solar setup with a battery storage and in a bad weather situation... I'd still have a near infinite amount of fuel for my car.
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    Okay so sitting in traffic, not moving, listening to the radio and using the AC in 15 degree weather has no effect on range? All of those things decrease range. I'm pretty sure you start losing range under 50 degree temperatures and the same with temps over 80, I believe. OR, I could live with the superiority of a Volt until there is a better built up infrastructure because I drive < 50 miles daily anyway.
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    Um...no. 276 miles from my home, to work, then to Indy. Exactly, even worse if you're stuck in traffic. I just like the Volt's idea waaaaay more until there is a better built up charging infrastructure. If there was a charging network in more places like there is in, let's say, California, it would be a no brainer. it just isn't like that yet.
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    Oh it absolutely is, but a G65 that probably sells only a couple hundred a year shouldn't be something we're looking to put more restrictions on or giving a sh!t about. They are saying they'll tax cars and not trucks, but only gaz guzzlers. And like balthy has already said, these people are punished(or paing their taxes) at the gas pumps because you're comparing HDs that get driven 10-40,000 miles a year to super cars that get driven MAX of a few thousand miles. The CTS-V is the biggest outlier as it's 4 doors and probably the 2nd cheapest vehicle to get that tax next to the Z06.
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    I've showed you an EV charging map of where I live. 62249 is my zip code, check out the charging stations. Like I said, they're great for the right circumstance. Can do what? Pull off at the next exit to fill up because I didn't want to sweat or freeze for an hour or two?
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    Uhh.. duh? You're also not listening to the radio or running the AC or heat. My only issue is when you do get going again a gas powered vehicle can take the next exit and find a gas station in, most likely, only a few miles. Except in a gasoline powered vehicle I wouldn't mind running it knowing I can fill up when I get moving again.
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    Same with a gas vehicle if you don't mind the silence on the radio or the heat/cold that is outside.
  25. ccap41
    It is a very good idea. I'm not sure how practical it is to store for long periods of time in the trunk/hatch for an emergency though. I would definitely rather walk a couple of miles than overpay somebody to do that for me, in most circumstances. Half because I'm cheap, half because I'm not lazy lol.
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