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		com2kid 86 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Grok 4 > but even small SUV are getting 30-40 mpg nowadays. The Pacific Northwest begs to differ. With all the hills in Seattle my subcompact 1.6L Turbo barely got 20MPG driving around like a grandma. Our electricity is cheap, but I drive less than 5000 miles a year so I'm not making the money back on my EV basically ever.

radium3d 77 days ago | [–]

So you're an outlier who drives well below the average miles per year in the USA. Obviously this isn't going to work for every customer but it IS a conservative estimate for the average.

sitkack 82 days ago | [–]

You should have gotten a used Nissan Leaf. Perfect in town car.

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