🔋 The Extended Battery Decision (Poll: Which battery option suits you best?)

[Luxrage]

I'm in the middle between a standard and extended range. I calculated the longest 'errand' trip I would possibly take and it is 180 miles. With the Standard range that's one charge session in the middle. Not terrible, and there's chargers in some decent spots. Comes down to that trip vs. lugging around the larger battery all the time for a trip I probably do once every two or three months.

 

[sodamo]

I'm in the middle between a standard and extended range. I calculated the longest 'errand' trip I would possibly take and it is 180 miles. With the Standard range that's one charge session in the middle. Not terrible, and there's chargers in some decent spots. Comes down to that trip vs. lugging around the larger battery all the time for a trip I probably do once every two or three months.

Similar here. I have 1 trip 160 miles, avg 5x a year. Cost to use my ice instead, less than $3k over 10 years.

 

[AZFox]

I asked how much weight the Extended Battery option adds to the Truck and how much the Extended Battery option reduces payload capacity

Kylee from the Sales Agent Team gave a prompt and courteous reply.

Excellent questions!​

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We are just a few months shy of our production and sharing more design and material details about the overall build.​

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While I would love to provide the detail you are in search of we ask that you hold tight. We have many things in store.​

 

[Dorbiman]

A few months away seems optimistic! Last I read, they were still overhauling the plant, prepping for concrete as I recall.

 

[ScooterAsheville]

If I'm being honest, 99.999% of my days are less that 50 miles round trip. And we have a second ICE CUV for longer trips. So I should rationally want the smaller, lighter, less expensive battery. Soooo...

Of course I want the bigger battery.

 

[AZFox]

A few months away seems optimistic! Last I read, they were still overhauling the plant, prepping for concrete as I recall.

I'm noticing a pattern.

• $27,499 is in the "mid 20's" for the price.
• Christmas Day is "late next year" for production to begin.

I presume Kaylee means whatever the upper boundary of "just a few months" is.

 

[Roy]

Have to go extended, live in Montana, EV charge station desert.

 

[SlateModGarage]

Sadly I would like it without the bigger battery but my commute is 75 miles one way.

 

[EverythingSlate]

I think short range electric vehicles do more to perpetuate the prevalence of charge anxiety than they do to serve the broader market. Imo they reinforce the idea that EVs are inherently limited, when in reality, the issue is often a matter of infrastructure and design priorities and not the technology itself.