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Lemmiers that own a non-Tesla EV with a charging station at home, how's your experience been? (self.seattle)

submitted 1 month ago by Trilogy3452 to c/seattle

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Trying to figure out leasing/buying an EV with a place that has lvl 2 charging. Heard anecdotes that are mostly negative. How's your experience been?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Just moved down to Oregon from the Seattle area a few years ago and have a Mach-E.

Similar setup to the other poster here. 50a installed at home. We plug in at night and have charging set to 80% and synced with the local utility to prefer off hours. Price wise, we're spending about $60 a month compared to the $200+ we'd spend on previous ICE vehicles. Combined with solar on the roof, it's been a pretty good value. Not a net zero for sure but overall good.

If there's a long trip planned, we over ride settings to 100%. There's a ton of 300kwh chargers along I5 (0%-90% in 20 or so minutes every 3-4 hours). We've driven from Seattle to LA with no trouble a few times. Takes a little bit more planning but not too much of an issue.