by Yogi62 (Posted Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:12:56 GMT)
Unless you know of an easy to access place to recharge at on the way home for 30 to 60 minutes, I don't think this is the right situation yet. The dealers may have chargers, make sure they are going to be available after hours. Quick chargers at dealers would make a big difference....
Realistically, in my opinion, you want to be able to do your daily driving using 60% of the battery, (charge to 80%, start recharging at 20% or more) and on the "long days" charge up to 100% and still keep 20% in reserve. That means in winter you have 36 miles before recharging daily, and 48 miles from time to time. It doesn't look like there is anything at or near the airport (which is never a sure thing, even at airports like Boston Logan that have a many chargers, but only in the daily lot). 60 mph isn't great for range, but if that is instead of 20 mph in the 30's it might shorten the time needed with the defroster/heater on.
Unless you know of an easy to access place to recharge at on the way home for 30 to 60 minutes, I don't think this is the right situation yet. The dealers may have chargers, make sure they are going to be available after hours. Quick chargers at dealers would make a big difference....
Realistically, in my opinion, you want to be able to do your daily driving using 60% of the battery, (charge to 80%, start recharging at 20% or more) and on the "long days" charge up to 100% and still keep 20% in reserve. That means in winter you have 36 miles before recharging daily, and 48 miles from time to time. It doesn't look like there is anything at or near the airport (which is never a sure thing, even at airports like Boston Logan that have a many chargers, but only in the daily lot). 60 mph isn't great for range, but if that is instead of 20 mph in the 30's it might shorten the time needed with the defroster/heater on.