How many batteries does it have?
"One battery with a few thousand cells inside. Kind of like the 12V battery in your car is one battery with six cells. Just a lot more cells for a lot more power."
I was a little put off by one person who asked...
"Your Chinese battery caught fire in that thing yet? I've heard those cars suck"
"Yeah, I worried about that before I got it. but then I found out that my old gas car is five times more likely to catch fire. 80% less fire risk than your car isn't too bad, and the batteries are made in Nevada by Americans."
Yes I had a guy in a Lowe's parking lot ask if it was a Tesla? I said yes. He followed with-What kind of mileage do you get? He was serious. He repeated angrily, "how many miles per gallon do you get?" I said none and walked away. He was getting angrier and angrier. And I was tired of dealing with him!!
"With my price of electricity, I've gone 2500 miles for $42. That'd be like 13 gallons of gas for 2500 miles, so just about 190 MPG if I used gas at all."
"do you need an extension cord.
have no idea how to answer that"
How about: "Well, in the 2014-15 cars they only included a 250 mile cord, but in the new cars, they gave us a 300 mile cord to use..."
"No, it's cordless."
Is it dangerous if the battery gets wet?
"Nope. The battery's inside where it doesn't get wet, and if it gets flooded, it completely disconnects like a circuit breaker."
Does it charge while driving?
"A little bit. It's like if a gas car used gas to go, then put some of the gas back in your tank when you're slowing down. But you go more than you slow down, so it still uses more than it puts back."
Does it take a long time to charge?
"I mostly charge it while I'm at home, so I spend like fifteen seconds plugging it in and unplugging it when I leave, and I always leave home with a full charge. On the road, it usually charges faster than my family can use the bathroom and eat, and if we're done first, we can watch Netflix movies or Youtube videos or play video games with a controller for the last few minutes while it finishes."
Does it drive okay in the snow?
"It's AWD and quite heavy and stable, so it is awesome in the snow."
Does it take forever to get moving onto the freeway?
"It does 0-60 in 4.4 seconds. That's the same as a Chevy Camero, a Ford Mustang, and a Porsche Cayman GTS. You mostly have to spend twice as much or more on half as many doors to go faster than this."
Do you like it?
"We absolutely love it. It's fast. fun, super-safe, comfortable, not too expensive, and gets free upgrades all the time that make it even better."
The power plants that make the electricity still pollute!
"Yes, but they make much, much less pollution for the same amount of driving and they don't make that smoke here where you breathe. That's even when a smoky plant is involved at all. We have hydroelectric here."
People said they were ugly, but that isn't ugly! Why isn't it ugly?
"Because good looks are different to each person and not everybody has as good an eye as you do."
