Hello, everyone! I live outside of Philadelphia, drive a Toyota Prius, and am stoked that a domestic union-made EV is finally at our fingertips. Last time I was in the market no American cars cracked the top 10 Consumer Reports list for reliability (in the small car category) and continental hybrid options were non-existent. I felt forced to choose environmental footprint and longevity over American jobs and, I'll admit, even though I was doing the planet (and my pocketbook) a solid the decision ate at me.
Since then I've kept rough tabs on EV developments--until the Bolt got on my radar, that is, and I allowed myself to get really excited. I was on my way home from Florida, passing through Georgia, when I started imagining how manageable the journey would be without an internal combustion engine via PlugShare. At the time I didn't consider the incompatibility of the various networks and naively assumed the time for long-distance EV travel had already arrived. Yet learning of the very real barriers to electrifying the American road trip hardly dimmed my enthusiasm; the more I read the more I got behind the Bolt!
Despite inferior infrastructure to the Tesla (and my own occasional job requirements to travel well beyond 238 miles in one day), I am ready to get on board. Please, West Coasters, do not eat up all the allocations; the Mid-Atlantic region needs EV's, too!
Cheers,
(Call me) Sed
Since then I've kept rough tabs on EV developments--until the Bolt got on my radar, that is, and I allowed myself to get really excited. I was on my way home from Florida, passing through Georgia, when I started imagining how manageable the journey would be without an internal combustion engine via PlugShare. At the time I didn't consider the incompatibility of the various networks and naively assumed the time for long-distance EV travel had already arrived. Yet learning of the very real barriers to electrifying the American road trip hardly dimmed my enthusiasm; the more I read the more I got behind the Bolt!
Despite inferior infrastructure to the Tesla (and my own occasional job requirements to travel well beyond 238 miles in one day), I am ready to get on board. Please, West Coasters, do not eat up all the allocations; the Mid-Atlantic region needs EV's, too!
Cheers,
(Call me) Sed