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My local dealer also said there are no Solterra's to test drive. After I actually place an order, does anyone know if, without penalty, I can cancel my vehicle after I get a chance to test drive it?
Thank you very much. It is just not normal for the wife and I to plop down cash on something we have never seen nor driven. Oh well...I guess this is the new normal. I think we will go for it.I would chat with your dealer as there seems to be some different approaches being shared here. I put in my order today, my dealer said there is no obligation. After the car arrives I can test drive and if I don't want it, I get my $250 back and they can sell the car to someone else. They indicated that if I wanted to cancel today they would want to try to still put in an order for the car as the dealer can't order them, one the folks who have reservations can.
Disregard, I found the colors on a separate thread.Does anyone have a website link so I can at least see what each color looks like? I have seen online the Elemental Red Pearl and what I think might be Smoked Carbon. Who cares about black or white, since those are obvious.
To answer the original question, this is a direct quote from the reservation confirmation:My local dealer also said there are no Solterra's to test drive. After I actually place an order, does anyone know if, without penalty, I can cancel my vehicle after I get a chance to test drive it?
Here's a great video that shows a quick look at all the colors (not all the roof combinations), just ignore the dark blue one, it's not available in the US.Does anyone have a website link so I can at least see what each color looks like? I have seen online the Elemental Red Pearl and what I think might be Smoked Carbon. Who cares about black or white, since those are obvious.
If you "cannot do 240V" (and ever need to add more than 20% overnight) then an EV with a battery pack much larger than say 20 kWh is not the car for you..... Note the 9 hour charge time with 240V @ 32A. If you can only do 120V, then it'll take you 50 hours to reach full charge. OK for my wife and I, but likely a huge deal-breaker for many who drive a lot and cannot do 240V. I read somewhere that Subaru/Toyota did this to allow longer service life of the battery versus the convenience of faster charging for daily use. Again, this fits our lifestyle and desires because we keep cars for at least 7 years.
I read a review of a Tesla 3 recently. The owner had driven it 50,000 miles over the course of three years. The battery capacity dropped 7% in that time. So, it appears that if you take the DC fast charger routes, you are going to pay for it with batteries that have lower capacities.I read somewhere that Subaru/Toyota did this to allow longer service life of the battery versus the convenience of faster charging for daily use. Again, this fits our lifestyle and desires because we keep cars for at least 7 years.
Did that T3 owner use DC fast charging much? What % of total charging was DC vs. AC/L2?I read a review of a Tesla 3 recently. The owner had driven it 50,000 miles over the course of three years. The battery capacity dropped 7% in that time. So, it appears that if you take the DC fast charger routes, you are going to pay for it with batteries that have lower capacities.
50 hrs at 120V is a physical limitation, 72800Wh/120V/12amps = 50.6 hours. Any EV will have a similar charge time at 120V. The slow DC charging is unfortunate, but not a deal killer for me. I don't think EV's or the charging network are ready for long distance traveling for most of us.Forum user 'md.' asked about charging times. During my many hours of research last night, see attached for a final specification that included charge times. Note the 9 hour charge time with 240V @ 32A. If you can only do 120V, then it'll take you 50 hours to reach full charge. OK for my wife and I, but likely a huge deal-breaker for many who drive a lot and cannot do 240V. I read somewhere that Subaru/Toyota did this to allow longer service life of the battery versus the convenience of faster charging for daily use. Again, this fits our lifestyle and desires because we keep cars for at least 7 years.
No mention of that. Here's the review:Did that T3 owner use DC fast charging much? What % of total charging was DC vs. AC/L2?