Communauto was very early on the ev ttrain by buying first generation Nissan leafs.
But those cars are now terrible, especially with their very low range(150km or so) that regularly causes users to have to compromise on their use.
These new cars with 400 km rangel and faster charging will greatly improve their usability and perhaps show potential carbuyers what a new ev iis llike
@Faiz do you know what model EV they are buying? 400 km range would presumably be in ideal conditions (warm weather, not too hot); could drop as low as 200 km in the dead of winter. I haven’t been a Communauto member in five years, after being run down by constantly walking a heavy toddler car seat to the nearest available car, but I don’t recall there being much charging infrastructure installed at Communauto stations. I wonder if they will rely on users to charge the cars or whether they’ll have staff do it. Sounds like the latter. Anyway, Communauto is incredible.
Faiz imam 19:42 on 2021-04-08 Permalink
That’s exciting. Their fleet is getting old.
Most important is those new EVs.
Communauto was very early on the ev ttrain by buying first generation Nissan leafs.
But those cars are now terrible, especially with their very low range(150km or so) that regularly causes users to have to compromise on their use.
These new cars with 400 km rangel and faster charging will greatly improve their usability and perhaps show potential carbuyers what a new ev iis llike
Joey 08:34 on 2021-04-09 Permalink
@Faiz do you know what model EV they are buying? 400 km range would presumably be in ideal conditions (warm weather, not too hot); could drop as low as 200 km in the dead of winter. I haven’t been a Communauto member in five years, after being run down by constantly walking a heavy toddler car seat to the nearest available car, but I don’t recall there being much charging infrastructure installed at Communauto stations. I wonder if they will rely on users to charge the cars or whether they’ll have staff do it. Sounds like the latter. Anyway, Communauto is incredible.
MarcG 17:02 on 2021-04-12 Permalink
@Joey a bit late but I just got a newsletter from them that says the new model is Kia Niro.