On 22 Mar 2021 at 10:33, Steves via EV wrote: > Remember that the Bolt also doesnTMt have a spare. Remember too that EVs > donTMt always use readily available tires, so if you get a flat, you could be > stuck for a few days waiting on tire delivery.
By way of comparison, Renault Zoe comes with a compressor and a fancy factory-supplied (probably expensive to replace at the dealer) can of what is no doubt similar to good old Fix-a-Flat. They tell you to hook the compressor and canister to the tire, squirt the goo in, drive for a few km to smear it around the inside, then stop and fill the tire to the right pressure. I guess Renault's engineers don't much like tire service people. :-\ You get no spare, no jack, no jacking points. Supposedly they don't give you a jack so you don't risk damaging the battery with it. As usual, the battery is under the vehicle. I wonder how many other production EVs have such a strong concern about the battery under the vehicle. But at least the Zoe has more or less normal driving controls in the locations drivers normally expect. It even has, praise be, three real physical knobs for adjusting the HVAC system. Hallelujah. David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = There'll be one corporation, selling one little box. It'll do what you want, and tell you what you want, And cost whatever you've got. -- Greg Brown, "Where is Maria," 1996 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
