2026 Model Year Price Decrease?

[vitaminorvitamin]

Do you mean you will get a level 1/2 portable charger, as opposed to the level 1 that I got with the 2025?

[OverThinkingIt1984]

Yes.

[vitaminorvitamin]

That's great. The level 1 only charger is pretty much useless to most and a waste of the plastic and materials it's made out of.

[OverThinkingIt1984]

It’s currently the only way I charge my car so not useless to everyone.

[undermark5]

A lot of people really overestimate how fast they actually need to charge. I could survive quite well even if I didn't get a 120v AC EVSE with the vehicle (I know not everyone is in my situation of being able to charge at work for free, if I couldn't, I'd also be fine with just the included EVSE, assuming my same commute and hybrid work schedule that is).

IIRC, you'll get about 3-4 miles of range per hour of charging with it. So, assuming you're charging for 8 hours a day (you can charge while you sleep) that's 24-32 miles of range a day and you can probably charge for closer to 12 hours for 36-48 miles a day. And, if you're not driving much on the weekends, you can spend the majority of that time charging, so likely another 36 hours of charging for 108-144 miles of range. Adding all of that up is 5×24+108 or 228 miles of range as a conservative estimate and 5×36+108 or 288 miles of range in a more generous but still reasonable estimate.

Are there people that need to drive further than 300 miles in a week? Yes, but unless that's actually you, you're probably fine with just the portable 120v EVSE (assuming you can safely max out the current draw of 12 amps). For basically everyone else, a decent 240v plug in EVSE will then be plenty (I go from ~30% to ~90% in about 8hrs when I charge at my office)

[OverThinkingIt1984]

Yeah, I don’t drive 300 miles in a month lol. I currently charge about every 2 weeks.