I finally got my first EV on Saturday. There is a dealer in NH called Greenwave Electric Vehicles that sells used EVs and PHEVs. Greenwave is unlike any car dealership I have ever experienced in that they are a values driven company that actually has the customer's best interest in mind, not just making a profit. It's how I imagine Scout's experience centers will be when they launch.
They had the Lightning available and were able to give me an appraisal on my Tundra from detailed pictures I took and sent to them. Greenwave is about 3 hours away from me in North Hampton, NH so I wasn't able to just run down the street and have them look at my trade.
My 2 older daughters came along on the roadtrip to pick it up. The appointment at the dealer was at 4:30 so we left early enough to get up there in time to go to the beach first for a couple hours.
We picked up the truck and made good time on the way home, maybe a little too good. This truck is seriously fun to drive. I was putting my foot into it and trying out the acceleration with every highway merge, and may have had to smoke a guy in a diesel who wanted to try his luck.
All the way home, my kids were giddy and kept saying some version of "this truck is so awesome" and "I'm so glad you got this truck" over and over. The Lariat trim level has some nice features like heated leather seats in the back, as well as the heated and cooled front seats.
After the ~160 mile trip home in giddy newbie mode (as mentioned previously) the truck was showing 78 miles of range remaining and averaged a dismal 1.9 miles/kWh on the trip home. My fault entirely, but totally worth it. Did I mention this truck is fun to drive?
I plugged in the level 1 charger they gave me with the truck at around 10:30 that night when we got home. This morning I took a drive over to my mother's house. The truck was showing 106 miles of range when I left my house. To my surprise, I had 112 miles when I got to my mother's house. It shouldn't have been a surprise since I was actually trying to be efficient with my driving this time and it's mostly downhill.
I love one pedal driving in the Lightning! It can be kinda herky jerky in some vehicles, but in the Lightning it's just right. I thought there was going to be a longer learning curve, but I pretty much got the hang of it right away.
One feature that was key to my decision is the fact that the truck has the 7.2 kW 240V outlet that I can use to power my house with a manual transfer switch during power outages. I already called my electrician and he's going to come over in a week or so and install the MTS and a level 2 charger. I'm thinking of getting the Emporia Pro. EV veterans, what do you think? Should I get the NACS version and an adapter to J1772 for the Lightning, since most manufacturers are switching to NACS including Scout, so it's likely my next vehicle will have native NACS? If yes, what adapter do you recommend, or should I just watch some State of Charge videos and see which one Tom recommends?
My old Tundra:
The new to me Lightning:
They had the Lightning available and were able to give me an appraisal on my Tundra from detailed pictures I took and sent to them. Greenwave is about 3 hours away from me in North Hampton, NH so I wasn't able to just run down the street and have them look at my trade.
My 2 older daughters came along on the roadtrip to pick it up. The appointment at the dealer was at 4:30 so we left early enough to get up there in time to go to the beach first for a couple hours.
We picked up the truck and made good time on the way home, maybe a little too good. This truck is seriously fun to drive. I was putting my foot into it and trying out the acceleration with every highway merge, and may have had to smoke a guy in a diesel who wanted to try his luck.
All the way home, my kids were giddy and kept saying some version of "this truck is so awesome" and "I'm so glad you got this truck" over and over. The Lariat trim level has some nice features like heated leather seats in the back, as well as the heated and cooled front seats.
After the ~160 mile trip home in giddy newbie mode (as mentioned previously) the truck was showing 78 miles of range remaining and averaged a dismal 1.9 miles/kWh on the trip home. My fault entirely, but totally worth it. Did I mention this truck is fun to drive?
I plugged in the level 1 charger they gave me with the truck at around 10:30 that night when we got home. This morning I took a drive over to my mother's house. The truck was showing 106 miles of range when I left my house. To my surprise, I had 112 miles when I got to my mother's house. It shouldn't have been a surprise since I was actually trying to be efficient with my driving this time and it's mostly downhill.
I love one pedal driving in the Lightning! It can be kinda herky jerky in some vehicles, but in the Lightning it's just right. I thought there was going to be a longer learning curve, but I pretty much got the hang of it right away.
One feature that was key to my decision is the fact that the truck has the 7.2 kW 240V outlet that I can use to power my house with a manual transfer switch during power outages. I already called my electrician and he's going to come over in a week or so and install the MTS and a level 2 charger. I'm thinking of getting the Emporia Pro. EV veterans, what do you think? Should I get the NACS version and an adapter to J1772 for the Lightning, since most manufacturers are switching to NACS including Scout, so it's likely my next vehicle will have native NACS? If yes, what adapter do you recommend, or should I just watch some State of Charge videos and see which one Tom recommends?
My old Tundra:
The new to me Lightning:
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