Tesla will sue you for $50,000 if you try to resell your Cybertruck in the first year::Tesla may agree to buy the truck back at the original price minus “$0.25/mile driven” and any damages and repairs.
Tesla will sue you for $50,000 if you try to resell your Cybertruck in the first year::Tesla may agree to buy the truck back at the original price minus “$0.25/mile driven” and any damages and repairs.
Is an electric vehicle really the best choice for you if you live in the mountains? I’m pro-electric vehicle but the thing about them is they really shine in denser areas where everything is close by. Unless your remote mountain region also has an adequate amount of superchargers but I feel like I probably wouldn’t.
Absolutely. You can easily create electricity on a remote mountain. Creating gasoline… that’s not really possible. You have to pay a fortune for someone to deliver it (or worse, go get it yourself). You can’t get gasoline delivered in bulk either - common ethanol blended gasoline can spoil in just two months and wherever you’re buying it from might have already stored it for a month or more.
Gas prices in back country areas are often double or quadruple what people pay in the city and living there also means driving a lot more per week. Electricity on the other hand is practically free if you produce it yourself (small scale hydro for example can cost a couple thousand dollars for reliable continuous power and if you’re in the mountains then you probably have that option).
Yes - I’m within ~100 miles of a city, and have my own large solar installation with batteries. Oddly enough, lots of electric chargers have popped up in ours and nearby towns (for people driving through).
I did a trip through the US and Canadian rockies last summer, and was pleasantly surprised with how many rural communities are getting some type of fast charger (lots of people driving through on vacation, I guess).
It’s also worth mentioning that most of my trips are <50 miles. The one that’s a really PITA I do frequently is only 20-30 miles, but takes 2+ hours (big rocks on an unmaintained road). I have been chomping at the bit for a real electric off-road vehicle. I’m honestly tired of car maintenance (I do all my oil changes since there’s not a good place nearby), and we’d like to use our solar installation a little more.