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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So glad I found this thread! I've been toying with the idea of going electric, but I have a few questions:

1) How is your range right now in the height of summer heat? I read somewhere that it decreases significantly with the A/C running.

2) We are a family of 4, but have a grandparent who lives nearby and increasingly, we have 5 people in our current vehicle, a compact SUV. I want to go larger, but I'm not seeing much in the way of 3rd row SUVs (or minivans) out there. Does anyone have an all electric one? Or do I have to hope for the VW ID6 to come to the US? The back of the Tesla Y looks cramped.[/quote]

I'm not aware of any 3rd-row seating available in U.S. EVs now. The Rivian R1S, which isn't on the market yet, has a 3rd-row option, but I think it's going to wind up being pretty expensive: https://rivian.com/r1s

Our range has been fine during the summer -- still getting a long-term average of 3.3 miles per kWh in our ID.4, which works out to basically the EPA-rated range, even with a lot of highway driving and AC use lately (long-term is pretty short-term, since we only got the car a couple of months ago). It's something to keep in mind for road-trip-planning purposes, mostly; for driving around town, it doesn't really matter if you have to charge slightly more often if you're able to get a charging station installed at home. [/quote]

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