Like you, there just isn't enough room
In the garage for the lighting.
I don't like not being able to close the garage door all the way. I drilled a hole through the exterior wall into the garage, and simply routed the charging cable outside, while keeping the charger inside. Incorporated a...
I get pretty close to 2mi/kw at 70. Exponentially less over 80 (1.5 or less). Hot and humid in S Florida.
Something else to consider if you've never owned an ev... something I wish I had before my purchase. For your regular route- you don't typically charge to 100% and drive to 0%. I keep mine...
I'll take your word for it, I just have my wife's car that uses ceramic. Still on original pads after 40,000 miles plenty left on them. I thought our trucks might also since I've never seen a bit of brake dust?
anyway it is pretty sweet we don't need to use our brakes. Biggest advantage imo...
A couple of things, first, brake pads are very inexpensive, secondly, I believe you have that backwards (ceramic brakes vs semi-metallic.) Don't get me wrong, I think it's great that we barely have to use the physical brakes too decelerate. It's just that going ev to eliminate brake dust sounds...
The air is a bit more humid in S Florida. 80 mph is 1.5mi/kw. Lucky to get 2.0 mi/kw @70
At 40-45 mph with no stoplights- over 3.0 mi/kw.
At any rate- the range is based on previous behavior. The OP averaged roughly 1.9kw/hr per mile. That's about right for a mix of 80mph and 40mph.
Virtually everything I thought was important about EV ownership turned out to be completely unimportant once I owned one. I remember stressing about the infrastructure of charging stations more than anything, as well as time to charge on the road. Fast forward over a year and a half later, for...
One other thing that has been touched on numerous times, but no one has said it out right, if you plan on keeping this as long as it sounds like you do, you want to keep your battery between 80% and 20%.
So even though you have a "240 mile range'" realistically, you're only dipping into 60% of...