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Just found this community! What are you currently and/or looking to drive? (lemmy.ca)

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Hi folks,

Just found this community and curious about what everyone is either using as a daily driver or have got their eyes on in the EV space.

I'm from Vancouver, and a few years ago my partner and I bought a new Chevrolet Volt PHEV as a "bridge" car to get us through the next while as charging infrastructure scales out. We get about 100km of electric range in the warmer times and 70km in the winter. Perfect for our needs around Vancouver, while still giving us flexibility to drive out to Whistler or Banff for our vacation roadtrips.

So what are you driving?

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[–] IntangibleSloth 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My partner and I love our Golf and GTI, but want to get an electric car. Unfortunately VW isn't bringing the ID.3 to North America. Any suggestions that might feel similar in size and driving? We don't really want an SUV :(

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well the most obvious one-to-one comparison is a Chevrolet Bolt (subcompact hatchback). Unfortunately Chevy has discontinued new production. Have you looked into it as an option?

[–] IntangibleSloth 1 points 1 year ago

I hadn't considered it for some reason. I'll look into it, thanks!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We purchased a Kona EV two years ago. It is a great little car, over shadowed by it Iconic siblings. IMO its worth a look.

[–] IntangibleSloth 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the suggestion! We had written it off because it's classified as an SUV. But looking at the dimensions it's really close in size. We're interested in checking one out now after looking at it online.