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For most US drivers, electric vehicles offer emissions benefits and cost savings, according to a new study by MIT researchers (news.mit.edu)
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[–] 15 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Lol if you're in North America look for an older ev with 3g. The network is shut down so there's no way it can communicate as long as you don't give it your Wi-Fi password.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    I am. And I didn't realize that's a thing! But there is not many models... WV e-golf maybe a decent option

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago* (4 children)

    Yeah, leafs are cheap AF, if you can make due with the small range. They have passive cooling for the batteries like the egolf, but I'd be wary of an egolf since I don't know how well they're supported by 3rd parties like the leaf is.

    I-miev didn't sell well, and I've seen lots of problems with them, so I'd stay away from them. bmw i3 would be the most expensive of the older, 3g options both to buy and maintain.

    The other option to consider if you don't mind an even shorter electric range would be a phev like Chevy volt or Ford fusion. But your commute would need to be less than 10 miles for that to work.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child)

    Yeah, I didn't consider Leaf because of these issues... Thanks for sharing about e-golf. And I'm wary about quality of early Chevy and Ford EVs. Even newer models are crappy. I actually own a Ford Escape PHEV, and cannot charge it at all because of a recall after recall that come with a warning "not to charge due to the risk of fire" and take many months to be fixed. Edit: corrected my car's model

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    Oh man, after reading that I'm so glad I held off on getting an escape phev. Couldn't afford the Rav4, so I started looking at the Ford but didn't pull the trigger due to the shorter electric range.

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