Re:Tesla announces biggest quarterly loss
by pavon on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @07:19PM
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Man I wish it was more widely available in the US. I've been interested in once since they were first released, but they were never available to test drive in NM when I looked. I know that someone must be selling them because I occasionally see them on the road, maybe I just have bad timing. I finally gave up last month and bought a Bolt because I'm convinced that GM will hit the 200k federal tax credit before the 2018 Leaf is available here. I love my new Bolt, but wish I could have compared with the Leaf first as it is a much more affordable car, and has sufficient range for our purposes.
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Re:Tesla announces biggest quarterly loss
by ams6110 on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @07:43PM
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The Bolt looks to be a much more useful vehicle, with a range of over 100 miles more than the Leaf.
I'm not crazy about the styling, but that's just personal preference. I wish automakers didn't feel the need to make EVs so gaudy and quirky looking. They just scream "look at me I'm a complete nerd!!"
Tesla is the only one who gets this right.
Re:Tesla announces biggest quarterly loss
by pavon on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @07:54PM
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I could see it being more useful in an area with a large metropolitan area or many closely spaced towns. In a more sparse state like NM, that extra 90 miles round trip isn't big enough to make much of a difference, unless charging stations expand significantly in the future. We bought it knowing full well that we would take our other vehicle out of town most of the time.