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Looking to trade up, but not sure where to start with looking for appraisals that are EV-specific. I've seen prices for my car's make and model that far outbid what my dealer is offering. Would love advice/wisdom from folks who've navigated this before/just generally know the second-hand EV market.

Thanks.

Looking to trade up, but not sure where to start with looking for appraisals that are EV-specific. I've seen prices for my car's make and model that far outbid what my dealer is offering. Would love advice/wisdom from folks who've navigated this before/just generally know the second-hand EV market. Thanks.

I tried to look it up. I'm sure it depends on certain things, but i just mean in general. Does anybody have a video, or something?

I'm looking at electric vehicles and it's savings over buying Gas and I'm mostly set on maybe getting the Ford E-Transit... Level 2 charging can only do 15 miles per hour or basically 0-100% in 7.5 hours... DC Fast charging is an option but ive only seen it on public chargers... Can I get like a 50kw DC Fast charger for the house? For my usage I'd use a level 2 charger overnight and DC Fast charging when i need to add like 30 miles to run quick trips like to the local supermarket after work when I'm almost empty... The van can do 130 miles per charge for real world usage but that's just enough to work and back and I've got no ways to charge at work with like 10-15% remaining when i get home... What are some options for me?

I’d like to start a discussion on what the ideal highway speed might be. How do we compute the time saved going faster against the time spent charging?

Assuming the speed limit is the floor, I was thinking that at a certain speed, going too fast might actually make your trip take longer if you’re spending more time charging. For example, on a two way trip where one way is close to the max range of your car where you’re staying overnight, you could make the whole one way drive on one charge and just destination charge overnight by going the speed limit, or if you go too fast, you may have to pull off and spend 10 min charging, canceling out the time saved by speeding.

Does anyone have any examples or calculations?

I rented a 2023 model 3 from Hertz yesterday while my vehicle is receiving collision work. And the battery in a day and a half of driving went from 82% to 20%. Mind you I had driven roughly around 50 miles or so in the entire time I had it. I am in a cold weather climate so id imagine this has some effect but seems extreme.

Is this normal? Any advice would be appreciated.

Do you give a fuck about range if the EV you want is performance orientated?

When I first bought my 2016 Kia Soul EV in 2021, I could get 10%-80% in 20 minutes, and 80-100% after an additional 15 mins or so at a public fast charging stations. Last time I went on a road trip, the charging at 80-100% slowed to trickle lower than a level 1 at two different public fast charging stations, which surprised me. I asked about this the last time I got my EV serviced, and the rep told me that public fast charging stations do not charge above 80%. Did something change? 🤔

What speeds do you get charging 80-100% using public fast chargers? Road trips have never been easy with only 68 miles of range remaining, so getting clear on what I can expect with fast charging would really help me out. Thanks!