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Definitely, I'm totally interested in exploring both vehicles. Two things are in the way...dealership's hefty markups and charging infrastructure that is sub par to Tesla's. My next door neighbor totalled her car and actually looked at getting the Ioniq as a replacement, but the dealership markups put the pricing square in Model 3's price range. Until those two variables change, my next car is a Model 3P
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Definitely, I'm totally interested in exploring both vehicles. Two things are in the way...dealership's hefty markups and charging infrastructure that is sub par to Tesla's. My next door neighbor totalled her car and actually looked at getting the Ioniq as a replacement, but the dealership markups put the pricing square in Model 3's price range. Until those two variables change, my next car is a Model 3P
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ADM's haven't gone away here unfortunately. Also availability is a big issue. Right now Tesla's delivery times would be no more than a month, but an Ioniq or EV6 would be at least a 2 to 3 month wait
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TheStraightPipes review of the 2023 Polestar 2
His charging rant near the end spells out pretty much why I'm buying a Tesla, although charging seems to be more of an issue in Canada than in California
His charging rant near the end spells out pretty much why I'm buying a Tesla, although charging seems to be more of an issue in Canada than in California
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I was reading an Instagram post by Jonny Liebermann over the weekend who purchased a Rivian and he ran into his 1st major charging issue with EA. He was pretty much stating that while they are upgrading and adding more Fast chargers, he was noticing that the fast chargers were all charging slower than the regular chargers. So they might be available, but for some reason, they werent charging how they should. Seems like they have a loooonnnnggg way to go to improve the network. So many complaints with EA im seeing popping up all over. A shame.
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Every time we see an EV6 (which is fairly often), my 11 year old daughter says "there's one of those weird looking cars again."
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I think EA never anticipated the number of EV's that would hit the road so soon. They also miscalculated by building inadequate chillers for cooling into their Fast Chargers. According to an EA tech I talked to this summer, the chillers are what are failing. That is most likely the reason why they don't always run at their advertised charging speeds. I'm sure the problem will be fixed, but in the meantime it does affect heavily travelled charging corridors. It's definitely a shame...Tesla thought this out years ago
EDIT: here is the abbreviated post he made. He had a longer version in his story's but its no longer available.
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I work for a medical device startup that built its reputation with investors solving problems that are hard to solve. This is a problem that can be fixed. Let's hope sooner than later!