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Old Oct 20, 2024 | 05:08 PM
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Originally Posted by MB37
Hyperion, nothing wrong with favoring old school designs. EQS isn't for everyone. It like a badass forward design, but people don't realize it until it is parked up against all the other sedans in its class. I'm bias of course.
Yesterday, right after we parked in the parking lot to tailgate prior to the ISU-UCF football game, several people came tell that my EQS 580 is nothing like they have ever seen. They were astounded in a good way, by everything they saw outside and inside the car. They commented that this car is SO much better than a Tesla. I replied that I would never buy a Tesla and that I also despise Musk.

Btw, it was an incredible game and ISU came back from down 14 in the second half to win. The last drive was magical.
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Old Oct 20, 2024 | 06:02 PM
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The last drive was magical.
I see your pun!
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Old Oct 20, 2024 | 07:32 PM
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Originally Posted by nath_h
I read often about charging infrastructure problems...I don't get it. I live in Iowa where there is probably way less infrastructure than places like CA where the uptake has been high. I've been driving a full bev since 2019. I've never had a problem. There were glitches especially early on with EA, but I always able to charge and never stranded. I drive to Chicago and back. Minneapolis and back, central Missouri and back. It is just not a big deal in my life. I'm taking an 11 hour road trip in my EQB with only 220 mile of range this week--I'm not the least concerned about getting power.
Same here in central WI. Although level 3 is touch and go, dealer 50KW chargers are pretty much everywhere. Finally, as many around here know, I took it across the western "great charger desert" ( Dakotas, Montana Wyoming Idaho Washington) on a 4000 mile drive without a problem. Charging is not yet a breeze but if you have a level charger in your home charging is a very minor hassle. Finally, if the lack of look adulation is a problem "someone" should have never bought a 125 THOUSAND dollar car that he didn't like. The whole thing sounds like BS from a 15 year old poser to me.
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Old Oct 20, 2024 | 09:48 PM
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I see your pun!
It was a whirlwind.
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Old Oct 21, 2024 | 07:56 AM
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Same here in central WI. Although level 3 is touch and go, dealer 50KW chargers are pretty much everywhere. Finally, as many around here know, I took it across the western "great charger desert" ( Dakotas, Montana Wyoming Idaho Washington) on a 4000 mile drive without a problem. Charging is not yet a breeze but if you have a level charger in your home charging is a very minor hassle. Finally, if the lack of look adulation is a problem "someone" should have never bought a 125 THOUSAND dollar car that he didn't like. The whole thing sounds like BS from a 15 year old poser to me.
Yup, back from my trip. About 1000 miles in my EQB--with 210 miles of range or so at this time of year. Again, I'm stumped about all the hand ringing about charging. I'd stop for 20-25 minute charges about every 2.5 hours. I can't drive further than that anyway without a break. I didn't even plan charging before I left. It was just a non issue, full stop. If I would have taken the EQS, even moreso--I would have stopped regardless because I would have needed a break.
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