I was with my niece and her MIL in the Boston, MA Seaport district yesterday afternoon and we took an Uber back. The guy showed up with an immaculate EV6. As an owner of a MYLR, I was interested in his take on his car, which he has only had a few months. He uses the car 5 or 6 days a week, with some days lasting as long as 12 hours.

Comparing notes:
Because of tax credits in the US & Massachusetts, I paid almost $8K less than he paid. I am unsure of the different trim levels for the EV6; the seats were quite comfortable and the only thing I noticed missing was a glass roof. The car seems to be significantly smaller than the MYLR on the inside, the ride appeared to be much less smooth. The driver has 2 screens and a lot more buttons; the layout seems similar to most of the new cars on the road, closer to the design of a smaller SUV car of the past decade. It is a very nice vehicle the 3 of us agree is more comfortable and stylish than most cars available today.

He hasn’t had any issues with his car. We compared ranges with our cars and these sound similar. He has greater range anxiety than I do, and we discovered that this was likely due to my access to the ease of the Tesla network as well as his lack of charging options in his area. Notable: he said that he can charge his car for free as an Uber driver, but has to drive for about 10 minutes to get there. He lives in an apartment and has no way to charge at home.
The driver and I agreed: for us, there is no going back to ICE cars. MIL, a retired engineer from Toyota, was noticeably quiet about this.

  • 74orangebeetle@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Did he elaborate on the charging for free/say where he does? I’d be curious about the details. I used to drive for uber/my account is still active (I’ll occasionally do a trip here or there with my Tesla).

    I don’t currently have an CCS adapter since the CCS fast charging stations near me cost more than superchargers do (and I don’t need them much anyways). Free DC fast charging would be cool though. (I’m assuming it’s at a specifc brand of station and you probably have to actually drive enough to reach whatever level which I currently don’t)

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      1 year ago

      He didn’t elaborate other than to say clearly the free charging was because he drove a lot for Uber (we had called using Uber Green).

      I really liked the car and think it is a better city car than the Y. Our Y is definitely more for road trips and suburban driving

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      1 year ago

      He mentioned it being a fairly new car so the EV6 gets free charging with Electrify America. I am guessing that’s what op is talking about?