Teslas are expensive, but the compliance EVs are quite good now and the economics are more compelling. We pay about $0.01/mile to fuel our Bolt. I had a Tesla P3D and it was a little more expensive, but still nowhere near the cost of gas, which is about $0.10/mile. Just in fuel savings alone it was an easy decision for us.
We leased our Bolt, because the price was great ($6K for 3 years at 15K miles/year). When we replace it in a couple years, we will buy something similar, maybe another Bolt (GM really did a great job with this car IMO), and keep it until the wheels fall off. If something happens to my pickup anytime soon I may buy another gas-powered one, because I don't think EVs are likely to be good RV-towing machines for a number of years yet, but I don't expect to ever buy another ICEV daily driver.
How do you like the Bolt? That's the car I've had my eye on - economical and has range. And I've heard the latest model (2020?) fixed some issues with the seats.
I like it much better than I expected. We picked it up about six months before I decided to part company with my Model 3 Performance.
The Bolt is nowhere near as quick as the Tesla, of course, but it's perfectly competent. Even manages to feel zippy though in a full race with an ICE car at full throttle it's clear that the Bolt is average at best. I like that it's nimble and tossable (though a sports car it definitely is not). And it's small, so it fits anywhere. It has enough power to roast the front tires, for better or worse.
We use it 99% for in-city driving and never DC fast charge aside from occasional 300 mile road trips to grandma's house. The range has been more than adequate, even in the winter. The most we ask of it on a routine basis is about 150 miles in a day, and it managed that fine even during the cold times of the winter (cold as defined by PNW standards, however). And we only charge it to 80% every night.
The seats kinda suck. They're worse than my Tesla's seats were, for sure, and I didn't like those seats very much (especially on an expensive car). The Bolt's seats don't make me hurt, but they don't make me happy either. Mostly flat, a bit hard, definitely the low spot on this car. Ours is a 2020 model, I haven't heard of any significant changes though.
At this point we have just over two years left on the lease (picked it up for just over 6K one-time payment for a 3 year high mile lease), and I will definitely be considering an outright purchase of another one at that time. Maybe the EUV. I'm disappointed the refreshed Bolt & EUV have the same relatively slow DC fast charge speed, but OTOH when we stop on the way to grandma's to charge, the fact that it takes 45 minutes to fill back up isn't really a big deal for us. We travel with two kids and it's a nice break to stretch our legs and use the facilities, etc. Since we only do that trip maybe a half dozen times a year, it's not a big issue for me overall.
Thanks for the info. We are in a similar boat, although the visit to Grandma is only 100 miles. So I figured I really wouldn't even need to use a charger on the trips. We do have a gas car that my wife doesn't really want to part with, so we could just use that in case of longer trips. Our daily usage is really probably under 15/20 miles a day so an electric car would be perfect, just looking for the correct one.
We leased our Bolt, because the price was great ($6K for 3 years at 15K miles/year). When we replace it in a couple years, we will buy something similar, maybe another Bolt (GM really did a great job with this car IMO), and keep it until the wheels fall off. If something happens to my pickup anytime soon I may buy another gas-powered one, because I don't think EVs are likely to be good RV-towing machines for a number of years yet, but I don't expect to ever buy another ICEV daily driver.