I wondered what effect the AC would have, since that is pretty much mandatory down here 8-9 months of the year.
Dan Sent from my iPad > On Aug 13, 2014, at 12:46 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Depending on how much extra capacity she needs a small generator might make > sense. I've got a 1200w 2 stroke generator that will run 8 hours at 50% load > with 1 gallon of gas. It wouldn't make a huge difference but if she only > needed a little more... > > Sounds like her commute was iffy for the car and they're running the AC hard. > Stop and go traffic shouldn't hurt the range of an EV anywhere near what it > does to a gas car. > > -Curt > > > ________________________________ > From: Archer75--- via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: Hendrik and Fay <heni...@gmail.com>; Mercedes Discussion List > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2014 12:14 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Sacrilegious talk about white man magic > > > Friend in Frisco Bay area bought a Leaf for his wife to drive to work. > There were no charging stations in her work area but under county law, > electric vehicles could drive in the inside "bus" lane which let her > avoid the stop and go of morning and evening traffic, and she could make > it to work and back home on one charge. A few months after he bought > the Leaf, the county decided to bar electric cars from the inside lane > and she had to drive in the right stop and go lanes. > The second time she ran out of electric and had to be towed home by a > wrecker they switched cars and now she drives their Prius and he drives > the Leaf locally. The last time I asked, they were still waiting for _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
