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Originally Posted by oil pan 4
Hub motors could likely survive in urban driving.
75mph pot holes and other high speed driving appears to destroy them.
But then you are spending money on a car that's 15 years newer than my leaf, costs close to the same and is less capable. Might as well spend $5000 more and get a car that can carry more people and cargo and go on the highway.
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If I were single and without children I'd go for the Aptera and want to drive it all over the country. If it gets double the e-mpg then that's half the time at places to charge, or twice the distance per hour of charging. When I would do trips in my Leaf when I had it I also did a lot of charging at not just L2 stations but also at L1, that is, regular 15A outlets. For an example, at a camp site, hotel or friend's house, as well as other odd locations. The charging infrastructure really hasn't changed that much so being able to charge twice or three times "faster" at these low power outlets would appeal to me.