Considering the 303S from PBK even without a bike to put them on.

Continued success then :)

It can be done, but adds a level of complexity and additional time to each trip.

When you talk to other EV owners about such things, make sure you exclude Tesla owners from that discussion unless you plan to get a Tesla. The reason is that Tesla's infrastructure is the largest, and they have the really fast superchargers. But, the connector for their superchargers is very proprietary and there is no hack to use them with cars other than Teslas. However, you can get an adapter so you can use Tesla's slower Level 1 and 2 chargers.

I looked into whether I could take my Taycan to see my kid at school, which is an easy 2.5 hour drive at 170 miles. I have plenty of range to get there, but once there there are only Level 1 and 2 chargers available. For a Level 2 charge, that would mean leaving the car overnight to charge from 20% to 80%. A Level 1 charge takes more than a full day.

Level 3 charging stations are pretty far and few between, and the reality of a 15 to 30 minute charge as you drive cross-country is not very real at this time. If it wasn't for being able to have a Level 2 charger in my garage, I would find it really burdensome.

My car has an 800 volt architecture, which is capable of recharging at very high speeds. The problem is finding a Level 3 charger (and one that works when you find it). In my town of 60k people in the middle of DFW, there is 1 Level 3 charger (50 kW), and it is a block from my office. When I first got the car and before I had my home charger sorted, I plugged into it. I sat in a Walgreens lot for 30 minutes only to get about a 20% charge. The closest charge point to me that supports the 800 volt platform is about 45 minutes away.

Don't get me wrong, I love the EV for lots of reasons and we'll likely have another at some point. It just took me hours of research to learn the shortcomings, which ended up tempering my expectations of what I could do with it. At this point in time, I would not have one as my only car, especially it I wanted to travel with it.

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Nah, just kidding about the Viagra.

She did get up really early this morning not feeling well. She said she feels really achy and has a low grade fever after taking Ibuprofren. She's debating on whether to get a Covid test, but my thought is that it's not really necessary. If she feels better in a day or two, then she's over whatever it is, but knowing if it's Covid or not will not change anything. If she gets to the point where she needs medical care, then a test would help the care provider diagnose, but it doesn't really do any good for us to diagnose. Any contrary thoughts from the docs?

She told me yesterday that her boss came to the office with a fever (the lady is a real dingbat), so we wonder if that's where this is coming from. The irony is that Friday is my wife's last day on the job.

Man, you are too old for that nonsense! Glad there are no broken bones or bikes.

No.

interesting the push for EV when the country doesn’t have the infrastructure sorted out to handle EV. If you only have one level 3 charger near you, and you are in an actual city I can’t imagine what’s in my area.

The world's not ready for ebikes, either.

When I worked at Chevy we had a level 2 charge station in the shop and 4 more in the sales area, plus one level 3 (DC) charge station. Customers were told they could get charged for free if they had a Chevy product but the stations were usually filled with new cars or service cars making it hard for someone to just drive in and get a charge.
There is a mall nearby with 5 Tesla charge stations and some others, too.

Not all EVs are fast charge capable (level 3). It was never an option on the Volt. It was optional on the Spark and I think it has become standard on the Bolt.

I worked on electric cars for 10 years and I can see the advantages and one would work for me (if I could fit a bike in it) for the little driving I do but there is no way I could justify the cost. I paid less than $3k for my beater Trailblazer nearly 8 years ago.

If I had an EV and I wanted to take a trip with sketchy range issues I would just rent a car.

The world is far more ready for e-bikes than it is for e-cars.

Not as a commuting tool, no.

Yeah, in the summer, day/weekend trips are more common for us, and those are generally around 200 miles, as well. I think that all trims of the EV6 are rated for close to 300 miles, some close to 400, IIRC. They're supposed to have stupid fast 80% or 90% charge times, too, provided you can find the right charger (which is where the apps/planning websites come in). When we take the long trips to VA, 500 miles is generally the longest day that I'll sign up for.

I absolutely love mine, but there's no going back on tubeless when you get them. The nice thing, though, is that they've made tubeless easier - seating tires with just a track pump has been easy peasy (though I never tried it with the Pro One Evo Addix, and those tires are off the board for me, anyway, since they don't stay bead-locked when deflated).

The only minor niggles, bedside no POEA, is the lack of drain hole (internal rim chamber can get waterlogged if you're caught in a deluge) and that the freehub body will pull straight off, no tools (or much cajoling) required, so you have to pay a bit of attention.

Other than that? Light, roll nicely, comfy pressures, they look sweet, have an awesome "**** happens" warranty, etc, etc.

Yup, I'm aware. One of my buddies followed my lead, got solar panels and then jumped headlong in to electric. He's got a VW ID.4 and we've discussed quite of bit of the real-life limitations.

I'll let you know when it's ready.

We may not want one but they are totally viable for commuting and recreational riding.

Can someone explain to me the logic of "healing" crystals? wut

I wouldn't jump to conclusions based solely on Level 3 chargers - the infrastructure is certainly more fleshed out than I'd assumed a year or so ago. Also, there weren't a ton of gas stations when cars started rolling off of the line ages ago, either - infrastructure and adoption grow hand-in-hand.

That said, almost all of your hometown charging is going to be in your own garage and the vast majority of people stay well within the range of an EV on a day-to-day basis. Hell, most people can get away with the miniscule electric-only range of a PHEV.

Oh, and let's not forget that he lives in oil country :p

I don’t understand why we don’t see them going in at gas stations etc. I understand that they’re costly, but charge 1.5x the electricity cost and get the additional convenience store spend from folks with EVs and you’re good to go IMO. Maybe it’s oversimplification

Is the charging attachment universal?

Let me tell you that I get a lot of s**t for having the car working in the oil industry as much as I do. :p

But, I didn't get the thing to be virtuous. I got it because it is FAST and a really cool car.

Having worked with some people to develop lithium mines, I'm fully aware of the environmental impact of EVs. They are not as clean as one might like to think.

I've had no problem using mine as much as I want using just the Level 2 charger in my garage. Our drive trips rarely exceed 200 miles, but I also have two other ICE vehicles available for that stuff.

I've wondered that myself. It could be that having high voltage electrical systems in close proximity to large underground tanks of highly combustible fuel may not be a good idea, but that's pure speculation.