I, for one really appreciate the fact that charging at a friend's house was finally mentioned in one of these articles. As an early adopter, (from the mid - 90's) I need to remind folks that this is how we did charging before level 2s ever made it to the scene. -Tom
On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 12:52 AM, brucedp5 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Don’t worry, they’ll tell you.” ... Victoria, BC LEAF EV Club > > http://www.terracestandard.com/community/221867651.html > Man braves north in electric car > September 04, 2013 > > [image > http://media.bclocalnews.com/images/29356terracewebelectric.jpg > MICHAEL BAXTER with his electric car (B.C., Canada) > ] > > AN ENTHUSIASTIC Nissan Leaf owner, Michael Baxter has a joke he likes to > tell about electric car owners which goes something like this: “How do you > know that someone has an electric car? Don’t worry, they’ll tell you.” > > Baxter is indeed enthusiastic about the $45,000 purchase he made last fall. > For one thing, he’s a member of the Leaf Club which brings owners together > to educate them about the stunning features of their speedy eco cars. > > He also has an app on his phone called [PlugShare.com] which he uses to > find > the closest charging station in order to plan trips like his recent one to > Terrace. > > Baxter explained his recent trip north from Vancouver Island to visit his > brother was a great opportunity to see if going electric would work in the > north despite the fact that, according to the app’s map of charging > stations, the north looked a bit like the Bermuda Triangle for electric car > transit. > > “Foot on the brake, press start. That’s all you have to do,” said Baxter, > as > he invites the reporter into his car and shows off certain features of his > silent automobile such as swift acceleration and regenerative breaking that > charges the battery using kinetic energy. > > He set out in early August from his home in Colwood near Victoria, which he > says is a mecca for electric cars and skimmed towards Port Hardy, a route > along which charging stations became fewer and farther in-between. > > He made it to Nanaimo with a safe two of 12 bars remaining on his charge > meter but between Nanaimo and Port Hardy, in a town called Woss, the > limitations of rural charging started to hit home for Baxter. > > The level two 220 volt station in Woss meant a six hour stop, most of which > Baxter spent lounging at a local hotel. > > In the more populated areas, Baxter explained, the 480 volt level three > charging stations are available that can do a swift 30 minute full > recharge. > > Once he got to Port Hardy where there are a couple of level two stations, > he next took the ferry to Prince Rupert where the situation became more > pressing as he found himself in a town with no charging station whatsoever > (an issue he has now taken up with local officials), so he had to book a > hotel in advance that had an exterior plug for his Leaf’s special extension > cord – a 16 hour level one recharge done on a standard 110 volt outlet. > > Then onto Terrace going 60 km/hr on Hwy16 at first to conserve power, > pulling onto the shoulder to let the combustion engines by. Baxter made it > the 143 kilometres to his brother’s house in Terrace, a town where he was > happy to find there are now three level two charging stations. > > Baxter is still optimistic about the Leaf’s chance in the northern markets, > saying that it might serve well as a second vehicle, as the electric could > be used locally in places that have charging stations such as Terrace and > Houston. > > At $45,000, the cost might be a lot for some people, but Baxter says it > starts to pay itself off pretty quickly with only one servicing needed a > year. > > “It’s wonderful not to pay anything when you are driving around town,” he > said. “I pay $15 a month to do 1,000 kilometres.” > > As for long trips along Hwy 16, Baxter said that would require lengthy > stops > for level one recharges at hotels or friends’ houses. > [© terracestandard.com] > ... > http://victorialeafclub.com/ > Victoria LEAF Club > > > > > For all EVLN posts use: > > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=evln&sort=date > > Here are today's archive-only EV posts: > > EVLN: Battery Maker Picks Kentucky For Research Site > EVLN: Convert Old Public Payphones Into Public EVSE > EVLN: Rare 3wheel Gaea Human-Electric Hybrid Tours U.S.A. > EVLN: UK government allows EV owners to drive tax free > EVLN: Tesla CEO family taking a Model S and Supercharger road trip > + > EVLN: i-MiEV, 1st & only EVs supplied @G20 summit in Russia > > > {brucedp.150m.com} > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-How-do-you-know-that-someone-has-an-electric-car-tp4665095.html > Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -- Remember, it is not that the glass is half empty, in reality, the glass is merely twice the size that it needs to be! -TNT'82 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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