Cheap Juice Miles 
The Truth About Cars
JUNE 11, 2024
Sure, some EVs are now giving buyers 300 miles or more of range – which goes a long way to alleviating range anxiety. The Leaf, however, has just 212 miles of range available from the SV Plus. It’s worse with the base S trim at only 149 miles. I visited my parents and siphoned some juice very slowly from their garage.
The Truth About Cars
AUGUST 8, 2023
Instead, it’s a weird package that has pricing that is considered affordable relative to the average transaction price, but still not "cheap.” The juice comes from a lithium-ion battery pack with a 71.4-kWh Toyota promises a range of up to 252 miles for this configuration. kWh capacity.
The Truth About Cars
AUGUST 4, 2023
Now you can run it solely on electric power for up to 21 miles and plug it in to charge. Speaking of warning, we can’t say we didn’t warn you that this Jeep doesn’t come cheap. But if you have the scratch and the access to juice, it makes a strong argument for itself. The base price for my test unit was $58,595.
Plugs and Cars
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
Bill lives a good 60 miles from San Francisco, so he needs to get some juice to make his trip home after work. With his Level 2 charge at home, the 120V outlet at work made his daily 120 miles a piece of cake. Some argue it’s so easy and so cheap employers should just do it. Maybe they tout it as smart and cheap.
Plugs and Cars
JULY 27, 2013
Automakers continue to only offer sub-100 mile range vehicles. These are the cars that must sell in greater numbers if some automaker is to market the 125-150 mile range car with fast charging I (and perhaps most people) want. Even with Level 1 charging at work, these become 100+ mile cars. It’s also grid-friendly.
Baua Electric
MAY 21, 2024
This is by no means cheap, but is relatively competitive with the higher-end wake boats from companies like Nautique or Malibu (Nautique has its own electric wake boat , which starts at $312k). Arc said it took the boat out to Catalina Island, which is 26 miles across the sea from the California coastline.
Baua Electric
MARCH 20, 2024
The 2024 Lexus RX 450h+ plug-in hybrid arrives on the scene with 37 miles of electric range from the Toyota RAV4 Prime’s powertrain, in a more eye-catching and softer-to-the-touch package. But it’s not cheap; it’s not elegant; and Lexus’ tech foibles carry over from the standard RX and other models. I didn’t see that.
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