How novel, a gas station being built :) I don't think I've seen a new
gas station in years. In fact a number of them have disappeared over
the last 10. Some of that is due to consolidation but demand is going
down!
Peri
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From: "brucedp5 via EV" <ev@lists.evdl.org>
To: ev@lists.evdl.org
Sent: 26-Jun-14 4:23:15 AM
Subject: [EVDL] EVLN: Driving from Kung-Fu I passed a gas station & had
an "EV moment"
'Unplugging the other car triggered an alarm which made me jump'
http://scholarsandrogues.com/2014/06/21/two-weeks-of-owning-an-electric-car-renewable-journal-for-6212014/
Two weeks of owning an electric car - Renewable Journal for 6/21/2014
By Brian Angliss
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Today I had what can only be described as an “electric car moment.” I
was
driving back home from my kung fu lesson and passed by a gas station
that’s
under construction. As I passed it, I thought was “hey, that’s getting
close. I’ll be able to get gas there… wait a second….”
No. No, I won’t need to get gas at that station.
There have been other interesting moments over the last two weeks as
well. I
was out of town for some of the last couple of weeks, and I left my car
at
the airport while I was out. But the distance from my home to DIA is
more
than half a charge on my Leaf, especially with the AC running, so I
needed
to make sure I parked near a charger.
Thankfully, Canopy Parking on Tower Road has chargers in both valet and
covered parking, and I was able to find a charger to plug in to. I did
have
a moment of panic, however, when I pulled up and found that the charger
had
only a single plug, and it was already plugged into another car.
Thankfully,
however, that car was done charging, so I unplugged it and plugged the
charger into mine. Unfortunately, doing so triggered the alarm, which
made
me jump a bit.
And how do I know the charging was done? The charger was off, which
means
that the computer in the car turned the charger off. Had the charger
been on
still, I’m not sure what I would have done, since I forgot my own
personal
charger…. Never again.
For the record – if a Leaf is plugged in and all three blue lights are
either solid on or off, the Leaf is fully charged. And if the Leaf’s
owner
is polite, he or she has set the car into “auto lock” mode, which means
that
the charger is locked into the charging port until the car is doing
charging, at which point the charger unlocks and someone else can pull
the
charger out. That’s what I did. The only time I’d lock the charger
completely is if I needed to use my own charger, and that’s to prevent
someone from stealing my charger. Those things are expensive.
Since that scare, however, I’ll be taking my own personal charger to
the
airport from now on. Along with a nice long, 15+ amp rated extension
cord.
One more electric car moment to share today – I was driving with my
wife
last weekend, and I was talking about how the Leaf can out accelerate
most
cars when I put my foot on the gas. She pointed out that it’s not the
“gas”
at all – it’s the “accelerator.”
The accelerator pedal needs a shorter name for electric cars ...
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Google Hosts Experience Electric Event For Employees
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http://www.automotiveit.com/gm-demonstrates-en-v-2-0-in-test-of-city-driving/news/id-009293
Chevy EN-V is Segway/GM's networked/autonomus-version of a Twizy EV
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...
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Chevy EN-V's in Disney's 2016 "Tomorrowland" movie
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Harley LiveWire ecycle importance downplayed> ?planning for a flop?
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