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I just spent my first week ever with an EV, the Chevy Equinox — here’s what it was like
The funnest car I ever drove was the original Tesla Roadster. This was in 2011, back when Elon Musk's EV company was courting press instead of denigrating
I took the car up I-280 — a beautiful, mostly deserted highway with perfectly banked curves that seemed designed for Silicon Valley types to test out their speedmobiles — and was blown away by its responsive acceleration and the ease with which it handled at 120 miles per hour. It might sound annoying, but I found it intuitive and natural, almost like it taps into the same part of the human brain that helps you avoid people when walking down a city street. But relying on partners for such a critical function — especially for novice EV users nervous about charging, as I was — is a risky strategy and reinforces how Tesla’s decision to build its own Supercharger network was an expensive but necessary investment.
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