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Old Aug 8, 2023 | 6:41 am
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Originally Posted by FlyinHawaiian
It was fine for my needs; I was travelling solo and was just driving to random places in the Orlando area. It was my first time driving an EV and wanted to be driving in an area with lots of charging options. There was a bit of a learning curve but overall, it was a lot of fun to zip around without the noise of an internal combustion engine. Biggest thing for me was the lack of coasting with the regenerative breaking on.

The car went out at 90% charge and I was told to bring it back with 75% or more. I ended up using the charger in the parking garage at MCO (I had free parking as I was staying at the Hyatt as Globalist member on an award stay). I paid about $2 to charge the car back to over 75%.
I've had them through National, so they may have been spec'd differently. But overall I liked it. I had very little learning curve myself. The only big things were getting used to regenerative braking, and getting over the idea that you just get in and put it into reverse. AS a car design itself there are a few failings - it is not very roomy, and I found the foot well incredibly uncomfortable. Plus, the view out the back and to the rear sides was pretty bad. But that is more car design and nothing about it being an electric.
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