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Operating a car with no levers or buttons is weird at first, but you soon get used to it and trust the technology to do its thing. On the road, this is by far the most comfortable and exciting car I have ever driven. With a 0- 100km / h time of 5.2 seconds, it is supercar-quick and immensely satisfying. The large battery pack adds weight to the car, which makes it feel very solid on the road. It has a very low centre of gravity, so it sticks to corners like the proverbial to a shovel. But it is the smoothness of this power delivery that really impresses.
Range anxiety is not an issue. At least, not for general daily commuting and weekend trips. I can honestly say I never think about it. We get home at the end of the day, plug it in like you would an iPhone, and by the morning, it is fully charged, ready to go.
The Pebble-Flow-1 is another self-propelled caravan available in the USA.
As much as we love our Land Cruiser, we have to admit its days are numbered.
We haven’ t done any long trips in it yet, so I cannot offer any real experience there. But what I can say is that I have no concern about doing long trips in it. Tesla’ s navigation system allows you to enter your trip start and end points and say how much charge you want in the battery when you arrive. It will then calculate your route and include charging stops along the way. Using Tesla’ s 250kW charging stations, we can get about 300km from just 15 minutes of charging.
Now, I don’ t want to make this sound like a free plug for Tesla or a recommendation to go out and buy an EV because they are not for everyone, and certainly won’ t replace your existing tow vehicle.
What I do want to say is that if you’ re sitting on the fence about changing to battery power in the future, don’ t listen to all the naysayers and don’ t take notice of the myths. Do your own research from trusted sources.
Better still: go and drive one.
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