购买电动车时要注意的一件大事

购买电动车时要注意的一件大事

"Buy the biggest battery you can afford!"

“买你买得起的最大的电池!”

That might be the hot tip from your Uncle Joe, the car expert. And you'll get similar advice from online reviews and sales staff trying to upsell you to increasingly longer-range electric cars and SUVs.

这可能是你的汽车专家乔叔叔给你的建议。你也会从网上的评论和销售人员那里得到类似的建议，他们试图把你推销给越来越长的电动汽车和suv。

Owning an EV doesn't have to curb your wander lust. (Photo: Smile Fight/Shutterstock)

Hard to believe? Let me share a few examples of popular road trips and the EVs that are ready for these trips. I'll also offer three simple guidelines to help you find the EV for your lifestyle.

很难相信?让我来分享一些流行的公路旅行的例子和为这些旅行准备的电动汽车。我还将提供三个简单的指南，帮助您找到适合您生活方式的电动汽车。

A simple comparison

一个简单的比较

The single biggest source of CO2 in the U.S. is transportation, and its mostly from personal vehicles. But EVs are becoming an exciting solution thanks to plummeting battery costs.

在美国，二氧化碳最大的单一来源是交通，而且主要来自个人车辆。但由于电池成本直线下降，电动汽车正成为一个令人兴奋的解决方案。

The long-range EV with the lowest list price was a shock to me: it's a Tesla. The base version of the Tesla Model 3 is available now for $35,000 (phone or in-store orders only), and it has a 220-mile range. The cost gets lower after government incentives and gas savings, which you can estimate for your state with this handy eGallon calculator.

标价最低的远程电动车让我震惊:它是特斯拉。特斯拉Model 3的基础版售价为3.5万美元(仅限手机或店内订单)，续航里程为220英里。在政府的鼓励和节省汽油后，成本降低了，你可以用这个方便的eGallon计算器估计你的州面积。

What can you expect from the base Tesla on the classic road trip from Los Angeles to Las Vegas? To get a quick answer, use a charging website, like A Better Routeplanner, to estimate the time for pit stops to recharge. The Tesla road trip turns out to be a piece of cake with estimated charging stops in about the time of two coffee breaks.

在从洛杉矶到拉斯维加斯的经典公路之旅中，你能从特斯拉基地期待什么?要得到一个快速的答案，可以使用一个充电网站，比如一个更好的路线规划器，来估计进站充电的时间。事实证明，特斯拉之旅是小菜一碟，估计充电时间大约在两杯咖啡的休息时间。

Photo: Elliott Campbell

Now for comparison, let's look at a somewhat higher priced EV with longer range: the Chevy Bolt with the DC fast charging option. This Chevy costs $2,000 more than the base Tesla but offers a bigger battery that has 39 more miles of range.

现在比较一下，让我们看看价格稍高但续航时间较长的电动汽车:带有直流快速充电选项的雪佛兰Bolt。这款雪佛兰比特斯拉贵2000美元，但电池更大，续航里程比特斯拉多39英里。

These two EVs are similar in many ways: both fit a bike with the seats folded down, both have 100,000 mile battery warranties, and both have the same federal incentive. (Other EVs have even bigger incentives worth looking at, too).

这两款电动汽车在很多方面都很相似:都适合折叠座椅的自行车，都有10万英里的电池保修期，都有相同的联邦奖励。(其他电动车也有更大的动机值得关注)。

How does the Chevy compare to the Tesla? Does the Chevy's longer range mean less time stopping to recharge? That's what Uncle Joe thought.

雪佛兰和特斯拉相比如何?雪佛兰的续航里程更长是否意味着充电时间更短?这就是乔叔叔的想法。

In fact, the Chevy requires more time for charging stops than the base Tesla. The trip is easy in both cars, and for many people, the Chevy is the perfect EV.

事实上，雪佛兰需要比特斯拉更长的充电时间。这两款车的旅程都很轻松，对许多人来说，雪佛兰是完美的电动汽车。

But how could the Tesla have a shorter range and still get you to Vegas in no time? It has everything to do with charging speed.

但特斯拉怎么可能航程更短，还能让你在短时间内到达拉斯维加斯呢?这一切都与充电速度有关。

Charging super fast

充电超快

Tesla makes more than just EVs. The cost of a Tesla includes access to a widespread network of Supercharger stations. This access is a key advantage.

特斯拉不仅仅生产电动汽车。特斯拉的成本包括接入一个广泛分布的超级充电站网络。这种访问是一个关键优势。

Other EVs can charge at non-Tesla DC stations. But some of these stations aren't as fast as Superchargers. So charging stations help explain why even Tesla's base model breezes through the Vegas trip.

其他电动汽车可以在非特斯拉直流电站充电。但有些电站没有增压器快。因此，充电站有助于解释为什么特斯拉的基础车型也能轻松通过维加斯之旅。