FWIW, I got an Ionic 6 about a month ago. While waiting to get my home charger installed, I charge 12 hours overnight with the included L1 charger, at a rate of 0.6 kw per hour. Once a week, I go to the nearby Electrify America charging station to juice up. From 30% to 60%, it charges at about 125 kw/hr. From 60 to 80, it slows to about 80 kw/hr. The one time I tried to go to 90%, as soon as I hit 80%, it slowed to 5 kw/hr. I disconnected.
I got an Ionic 6 SEL RWD a few weeks ago love it! And there’s an EA charging station 2 miles from my house. I “fill up” once a week. Also greatly prefer the dual screen dashboard with lots of physical buttons to the Tesla center screen. Enjoy!
I’ll probably get down voted but – who cares? It’s a dumb award. Nobody can really tell you what the criteria are. It’s not best player. Is it best player on the best team? Or an OK team that got a lot of wins? And obviously the NBA likes to spread it around or else Shaq would’ve won three times in a row and LeBron would’ve won six or seven times in a row.
And a minimum 3 passes per play!
I just leased an Ionic 6 SEL for considerably less than the cost of a Model 3. Leasing is usually a poor financial decision (unless you own a business and can write it off), but the foreign companies who aren’t eligible for the $7500 tax credit are now deducting $7500 from the cost of a 3-year lease, and it works out to literally half price - I paid $2k down, $402/mo including tax, plus a free L1 charger (Tesla cost $750), a free L2 charger with a $600 installation credit, and 2 years of free charging at Electrify America. Just saw an ad for leasing an ID.4 - $0 due at signing, $436/mo. Again, less than the model 3. And by most accounts, both cars are superior to the model 3.
Speaking of lifting heavy loads, the word “claims” is doing a lot of work there.
There is one Electrify America charging station in my town, at a shopping center. It has 6 level 3 chargers. One of them is broken. That is all.
Everyone wants Caruso.
As far as I can tell, everyone I know who got an EV for the 1st time - no matter the brand or model - loves it and says it’s the best car they’ve ever had (me included). EVs are just better. Once charging stations are more prevalent, it’s over for ICE.
They’re getting cheaper every day as sales soften. Got an amazing deal on a 2023 Ionic 6 sel the other day. 2k down, $402/mo including tax on a 3-year lease. Dealers are applying the $7500 tax credit to lease payments. A car with a 49k MSRP for the cost of a mid-tier Civic. Plus they’re including an L2 charger and a $600 installation credit, all maintenance and roadside service. 320 mile range, every futuristic bell & whistle you can think of, incredible pickup. Best car I’ve ever owned. Didn’t think I could afford one till I saw deals like this last week - literally half price. Not to mention the thousands I’ll save on gas.
As a brand-new EV owner, I can say they are simply better cars. Better pickup, as quiet as a Rolls Royce, and right now, between federal credits and dealer specials, cheaper than ICE cars. No oil changes, no smog checks, no wasting time at gas stations. And with dirt cheap electric available from midnight to 3pm, and the price of gas in California, much less expensive to run.
The environmental aspects are up for debate - perhaps we’re just moving pollution from local to global. The real solution is widespread, cheap/free public transport. But good luck with that in the US.
Just did the math - my bad. We’ll only save $166/mo vs a Civic.
I just leased an Ionic 6 sel RWD - 320 mile range, MSRP 49k - for 2k down and $402/month (including tax). 3 years, 10,000 miles a year, all maintenance included. And an L2 charger with a $600 installation credit. I’m stunned I got a highly rated EV (Car & Driver EV of the year 2023) with every bell & whistle you could ask for, for essentially the price of a Honda Civic. Fantastic car.
Apparently EV sales are much lower than expected, so the 2024s are out and they’ve still got a bunch of 2023s sitting on the lot. I expect to save $200 or more a month, as I’m in California & we’re being price gouged with $6-7/gallon gas.
Between the Giannis ejection and the missed goal tending call that gave the Nuggets the win over the Dubs, Refs were on FIRE last night! There’s never been such Refs parity before!
As a refs fan, this was a classic. And Giannis got ejected for taunting! Never been more refs parity in the league!
As a refs fan, I’m glad to see calls like this, the same night they missed the most obvious goaltending I’ve ever seen in the Nuggets-Warriors game. We’ve never had such parity in the league before!
LeBron always shows good sportsmanship. When he wins.
Reminds me of an old story about Ted Williams, when he tried (and failed miserably) to be a hitting coach.
“That’s Disgusting:The Scott Foster Story.”