Slowly getting to achieve goal of purchasing EV

Yes, at least in the USA, you can. You should probably check the fine print when you put in your order though.

I can't help with the stereo in the SR+: The stereo in my original LR RWD is ok. My only real complaint is that it doesn't support AM radio. I don't really care too much about the audio quality in a car due to the poor acoustics and road-noise or I'd complain that it doesn't support CD either. I want AM radio to get local news/weather broadcast in remote areas and for road advisories.

 

The stereo is good enough that I have to turn it down when some mechanical parts of my music sound bad.

Bob Wilson

 

My experience with Electrify Canada so far has been bad with respect to maintenance -- too often machines are out of order for one reason or another.

 

Not sure how fast they are in your area but it seems that on the way towards Ottawa and North the chargers are only 50kw chargers. That's not too fast for charging speeds. Hopefully as new ones come in they are at least 150kw units.

 

Ivy chargers are sprouting up all over the less-urban, small-city areas (in Ontario, at least) -- I used to use several of them to charge my way up to my cottage near North Bay. But they're limited to 50 kW, and they rarely offer even that. Faster than L2, of course, but at $20/hour, they're not cheap.

Ah - I see they're owned by Ontario Power Generation and Hydro One. That explains so much

 

It depends on what options you have......and there aren't many others on that route from Toronto to North Bay.

 

And it gets worse on hwy 11 north of North Bay. Once I get a BEV I will need an ICE if I go to Timmins on business.

 

I drove that one once. Once was enough.

 

We've finally decided on getting a Tesla M3 Long Range. A major factor in our decision was the Superchargers in Sudbury, North Bay, Parry Sound and Huntsville. Especially as they're the only high speed chargers on Hwy 11 (Yonge St) north of Barrie.

Someday we might tempt fate and follow 11 all the way to Thunder Bay in the summer. There are a few 50kW chargers along the way.

 

ID4 is pretty similar in price, but I haven't tried it out, so not sure how it compares. If you're shopping in that price range though, I think the Niro EV and ID4 are both decent choices.

 

anyway i will go with ID4