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On 10/3/2024 4:02 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> On 9/25/2024 8:03 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>> On 9/25/2024 1:16 PM, Mike Van Pelt wrote:
>>> In article <c0056f49-7df6-41f8-ee4c-8125d5ff0952@example.net>,
>>> D  <nospam@example.net> wrote:
>>>> Give me an electric car that goes as far (or further) than my gasoline
>>>> car, with a charging time that is equal, at a cost that is equal, and I
>>>> will definitely buy it.
>>>
>>> I think hybrid is, given current technology, a superior
>>> solution.  My Prius got right around 50 MPG. With a 10.5 gallon
>>> tank, that's 450 miles before the "low fuel" light lights, and
>>> comfortably 50 miles range beyond that.  (I got the "Low Fuel"
>>> light a few miles from home in San Jose, drove back to work in
>>> South San Francisco the next day, and drove to Costco next to
>>> the San Francisco Airport at lunch to refuel.  Slightly over
>>> 10 gallons to fill, so I still had a comfortable margin.)
>>>
>>> I drove it for 13 years, no trouble with the battery, sold it
>>> to a friend's son who was going off to college, and it's still
>>> going strong.  I tend to drive cars until they drive no more.
>>>
>>> I'm contemplating a plug-in hybrid next time I have to buy a
>>> car.  Not nearly the electric range of a full electric, but
>>> plenty for a retired person's trips to the store and whatnot.
>>> And a normal gas car's range on gas for long trips.
>>>
>> The big hurdle for me to buy an electric car when my current vehicle 
>> dies is that I live in an apartment building and the owner will not 
>> install chargers for electric cars.
> 
> One of my cousins has a new Tesla Y (he traded his model 3 with 100K 
> miles in for it).  He has a Tesla Level 2 charger (50 amps, 230 volt) in 
> his house garage.  His girlfriend just moved into his house also.  She 
> likes his Tesla Y so much that she bought one also.  His Telsa EV 
> charger basically gives 35 miles of battery charge per hour of charging.
> 
> Now they are are jockeying to see who gets the Telsa Charger stall in 
> the garage.  No fights yet according to my cousin.  The cost to install 
> a second charger is $1,500 so he is not going to do that at this time.

I'm surprised at the prices I see quoted for a Tesla charger. Mine cost
$500, plus about 350 for the installation, in 2019. That's before a 30%
Federal tax rebate.

Mine has a 20' cable - it has to reach over a garden bed. Perhaps
your cousin could get a similarly long cable that can reach both cars.

pt