Our First Electric Car

Treesong
14 min readMay 20, 2019

My wife and I just bought our first electric car! We couldn’t find what we were looking for in Southern Illinois, so we bought one in Memphis. The tricky part was getting it home! This is the story of our new car and the journey to bring it back home.

What did we buy?

After looking at a variety of used electric cars online, we decided to get a 2016 Volkswagen e-Golf. It has a range of about 80 miles per charge, which is more than enough for our day-to-day needs. For our occasional trips beyond that range, we can either rent a vehicle, or take public…

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Treesong

Treesong is a father, husband, author, talk radio host, and Real Life Superhero who lives in Southern Illinois.