However, someone made the point above about Tesla being the one with a long-term track record. Anyone try other EVs besides Tesla? Also, curious the thoughts of waiting a couple more years for lots more choices to be available.
Others like Leaf also have long term record but their battery power management is 3-5 years behind Tesla. With a 55KW battery the SR+ gets 240 miles. The same in other car manufactures gets 30% less.
But one would say that even 170 miles should be enough for daily driving. Unfortunately what no one tells you upfront is that to keep the long term health of the battery it is best that you charge to only 80% on a regular basis and not let it get down below 10%. That is another 30% down at 120 miles. And if you drive at 80 miles/hour or live in extremely cold climate the battery will give even less mileage each day. Who wants a 80 mile per charge car.
Moral of the story: Buy the longest range you can afford. If you wish wait for another 2 years to see if longer range batteries will come by.
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