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I was just over at the EV forum I hang out at. There is a thread about a dude who lives is Pennsylvania and yesterday he and his wife took a trip in his EV to visit Friends and to go out to dinner. The the distance was 198 miles round trip. His EV's range estimator said the car had 230 miles of charge. He drove it 300 feet and the range dropped from 230 to 190. Short story is he had to charge mid trip and drove back home with just the seat heater on for his wife. I just don't get this. Really. Buy a $50,000 car that you can't use the heat in the winter and have your wife freeze her ass off? My reply to the thread was he should have used ICE for the trip. Ironic isn't it? |
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In a sane world his post would have been followed by "Slightly Used EV for Sale" But it's not been a sane world for a long time now.
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Oh well
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01-15-2024, 10:39 AM | #5925 |
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-20C in Chicago, I feel sorry for anyone trapped with a dead EV. Need a Canada Goose jacket there!
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01-15-2024, 10:46 AM | #5926 |
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The wltp(23 degree celsius) and epa (degree celsius) ranges are tested at those temperatures.This is misleading. By default there should be information about range at any temperature explained to the buyer before sale.
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The manufacturers selectively hide the information is not new, and they are just as complicit in the pain of the consumer, but consumers are also responsible for learning themselves and whether it fits their use case, its not a $3.99 bag of chips here..
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Well, then he did. LOL.
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A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."
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This is the problem with EV, the Government is so invested in it, it's Agency that is supposed to inform the consumer purposefully does not provide critical battery efficiency/range information. This is a significant disservice that we as taxpayers should be getting from our government. There is not one iota of consumer protection information about ICE that is not provided on the Maroney window sticker. IMO it is literally falsifying information provided to the Public. People can die from lack of winter range data by running out of electricity on a winter night in sub-freezing temperatures.
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More shocking news from the world of global warming idiots.
Texas Grid Operator Asks Residents to Conserve Energy, Unplug Appliances, Amid Bitter Cold Snap Due to Issues with Solar, Wind Generation Jan. 15, 2024 Texas grid operator ERCOT (Electric Reliability Council of Texas) on Monday asked residents to conserve electricity use as temperatures fall below zero with the wind chill in some parts of the state. The Texas grid operator begged residents to avoid using large appliances, lower thermostats a degree or two, turn off and unplug non-essential lights, and set pool pumps to run early morning or overnight; shut off during peak hours due to issues with solar, wind generation. According to ERCOT, solar and wind generation this week are forecast “to be lower than seasonally expected” during peak hours: Why the Request to Reduce Usage? Weather. Most of Texas is seeing extremely cold temperatures for an extended period of time. Demand. Texas is experiencing record-breaking demand due to the cold weather. Solar. Solar generation isn’t available in the early morning hours, which is a peak demand time during winter, and slowly ramps up as the sun rises. Wind. Wind generation is forecasted to be lower than seasonally expected in the early morning hours. When will they learn? |
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