[EVDL] Spark EV owners care-less about fashion-police's ugliest-car ranking

2014-12-19 Thread brucedp5 via EV
GM rep sez We're still very proud of this product, http://www.cnbc.com/id/102269427 The ugliest new and redesigned 2014 cars Jacob Pramuk [20141215] [image

[EVDL] EVLN: Use a j1772 extension cord as ice'd-EVSE work-around

2014-12-19 Thread brucedp5 via EV
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1095906_electric-car-charging-station-blocked-get-an-extension-cord Electric-Car Charging Station Blocked? Get An Extension Cord! By John Voelcker Dec 15, 2014 ht2 Dean Miller [images

[EVDL] EVLN: BMW Demos Self-DrivingParking i3 EV @CES

2014-12-19 Thread brucedp5 via EV
BMW i3 new autonomous 'Remote Valet Parking Assistant' capabilities https://transportevolved.com/2014/12/16/bmw-demonstrate-self-driving-self-parking-bmw-i3-electric-car-ces/ BMW to Demonstrate Self-Driving, Self-Parking BMW i3 Electric Car at CES December 16, 2014 By Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield

Re: [EVDL] Spark EV owners care-less about fashion-police's ugliest-car ranking

2014-12-19 Thread EVDL Administrator via EV
On 19 Dec 2014 at 1:47, brucedp5 via EV wrote: The electric car is considered the ugliest redesigned or new 2014 car model, according to a CarInsurance.com survey released last week. Like beauty, ugly is in the eye, et cetera. Who really cares what other people think of your EV's appearance?

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Use a j1772 extension cord as ice'd-EVSE work-around

2014-12-19 Thread Rick Beebe via EV
You can't guarantee that any random EVSE you drive up to will only put out 30A so a 40A cord gives you a little extra margin. HOWEVER, the important number is what your car will draw. If your car charger can't draw more than 25A or so, then I agree. A 40A cord is overkill. Personally I'd be

Re: [EVDL] Spark EV owners care-less about fashion-police's ugliest-car ranking

2014-12-19 Thread Mark Abramowitz via EV
I agree that it's silly, but the piece really has nothing to do with EVs or how they look. These kinds of lists have been around for years, well before there were *any* production EVs. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 19, 2014, at 6:34 AM, EVDL Administrator via EV ev@lists.evdl.org wrote: On

Re: [EVDL] $10+k U.S. DoD selling slightly-shot-at Humvees 4donors

2014-12-19 Thread brucedp5 via EV
I receive offline email inquiries about my posts: On Fri, Dec 19, 2014, at 06:29 AM, xxx wrote: I must be missing something. You can't possibly mean that these lumbering, bloated beasts (2.5 - 3 tons) would be practical conversion gliders. As the story points out, they're not even road