The logic in this whole price drop thing could be in relation to the number of pre-orders that have converted to full orders. Maybe the conversation rate in USA wasn’t as good as expected, so a price drop was put in to make it a more attractive deal to lure anyone sitting on the fence.
??The logic in this whole price drop thing could be in relation to the number of pre-orders that have converted to full orders. Maybe the conversation rate in USA wasn’t as good as expected, so a price drop was put in to make it a more attractive deal to lure anyone sitting on the fence.
As we’ve not had the chance to order convert in the UK yet they don’t know economically if they need to put any incentives in place.
Just a thought
Unfortunately it is a personnel thing that you will have to decide. My original preorder was for the RWD SR but when I saw the car in person I found out that it was really basic, manual seats, no lumber support. Looked at AWD SR to get better seats but not much tech. Settled for RWD ER as I get all that I want. My ethos was that if I am paying this much for a new car it needs to be better than my current car, which is a Kuga ST Line X. I don't need AWD so I think I have made the correct decision. It all depends on your priorities, needs and wants.
As @portlandg says it’s a very individual call that only you can make based on your circumstances.
Just for fun, I just used ABRP with the MME ER battery plugged in to "plan" a trip from my Grandparents last home in Dagenham up to my mother's hometown of Ayr, Scotland. Starting at 80% charge, it shows 2 stops along the route, 1 to charge from roughly 25% to 60% in/near Birmingham and the other from 10% to 86% in Preston East (?) arriving in Ayr at 10%.
Wow. To do that journey we would have to go through numerous counties and cross to another country. You are still in the same state. We have many different charging networks all with different pricing. From my research prices can range from 15p/kwh to 69p/kwh. At current exchange rate that is roughly 32c to 89c. That's for DC charging. @Wonky_Donkey might be the best person to confirm this as I believe he has just done a road trip to Scotland in an EV. I'm still ICEing. To do that trip in my Kuga would cost me about £70 ( $90)
It was idle curiosity mostly. A DCFC in Hawaii runs 51¢ per kWh, and they're all 50 KW chargers here so those charges would be longer time-wise and amount to about $70 USD (£54 or so). Hawaii also has the highest electrical rates in the USA so you're well beyond that even. Petrol prices run around $3.40 per US gallon or about 70p per liter.
What about putting those volcanoes to generate electricity ?
They do. It’s called hydrothermal. @Kamuelaflyer can tell you all about it.What about putting those volcanoes to generate electricity ?
