Yes! Perfect, that's totally explained the process. Thanks!This is the video I watched that told me about it.
My main question answered: you select the location + stall identifier from the app.
Yes! Perfect, that's totally explained the process. Thanks!This is the video I watched that told me about it.
Well I suspect I'll be using one in the near future. Looking forward to joining the EV club in the morning.Yes! Perfect, that's totally explained the process. Thanks!
My main question answered: you select the location + stall identifier from the app.
Well I suspect I'll be using one in the near future. Looking forward to joining the EV club in the morning.
I'm always taking long weekend trips and have adjusted pretty well to finding my charging spots and knowing how long I need to be there, etc. I've learned that it's really not much different from getting gas, much of the time I only need to be there for 10 minutes or so (especially with preconditioning) and with the lines at a regular gas station it's almost the same.I was perusing another site, and I had to chuckle at the carefully designed anti-EV scenarios people fabricate, hahahaha ...
We're headed down the Keys in a few weeks, ~390 miles, we will stop one time for about 25 minutes after driving for 3 hours. Grab a bite to eat, hit the road, arrive at our condo. We head down to Orlando quite a bit, you know for a "long weekend trip", we don't stop, we could make the 260 miles on a single charge, but the resorts all have free charging, and I prefer lots of buffer, so why not plug in while in the car is just sitting in a parking garage (and get 130 miles of free juice )
This notion of hour charging stops for 100-150 mile trips is silly.
Just returned from my first trip. Had enough range and got home with 25% battery left. It’s now on a slow charge on the drive. Should be done by the morning.I'm always taking long weekend trips and have adjusted pretty well to finding my charging spots and knowing how long I need to be there, etc. I've learned that it's really not much different from getting gas, much of the time I only need to be there for 10 minutes or so (especially with preconditioning) and with the lines at a regular gas station it's almost the same.
By far the biggest benefit though is when I return home with little to no charge and can just plug in and forget about it, awesome knowing I can just get in and go with a full charge next time.
Heck, I wouldn't straight trade my M3P for an i4 M50 right now, even configured to my spec (which would be about $10K more than the MSRP on my car).
Why not?
Just not really any interest. We've owned 4 BMWs, the Tesla is something totally different. The i4 design looks like all the other ICE 3/4 series (including weirdly unnecessary ICE design elements), the interior isn't nearly as spacious - whether that's measured or perceived it's the same to me - as our TM3 (the BMW interior retained some ICE-ish-ness, it lacks that super open canopy ratio). I find the Tesla way more interesting, some mix of the car, performance, tech and company pushes my buttons more. A buddy if mine, who is the in the position to get an i4 if he desired, has the same perspective.
Then the real deal killer: the (DCFC) charging network, it's not even close (at least in the US).
I definitely would consider a BMW EV in the future, like about 2 year out - which will also be a good point to determine how the charging infrastructure has developed - it's just not what I'd want right now.
Got a VIN for my moms Model Y.
When did she place the order?
So right at about 7 months, wow. I can't remember process (since mine took 9 days from order to driving away ), but a VIN puts it around a week or two till delivery?
This is exactly why they fought so hard to prevent their drivers from being considered employees by the state. Independent contractor? Sorry, worker protection laws don’t apply.It’s amazing companies, if they have the slightest regard for their employees, would even advertise this option given this seems awfully predatory. Why not just finance the car normally?
Why not just finance the car normally?
Possibly credit issues, no money for downpayment, etc. I'm sure this "financing" he described is just wrapped up into the employment contract vs. any kind of traditional model that requires credit checks and whatnot. I bet there's all sorts of contingencies in place where they basically get the car back, and he's paid tons of equity.
There's a company doing long-ish term rentals, that are shorter than most lease type options, and they're charging around that rate. I'd have to check what the daily/weekly cost is through Hertz or whoever, to compare.
This is super fun, and pretty big news!
Volkswagen Group to launch all-electric pick-up and rugged SUV in the United States
Volkswagen Group will launch an all-electric pick-up and rugged SUV in the United States. The decision of the Board of Management was confirmed today by the Supervisory Board of the Volkswagen Group.www.volkswagen-newsroom.com
- Volkswagen Group plans to electrify iconic U.S.-brand Scout
- Independent company to be founded to design, engineer, and manufacture pick-up and rugged SUV (R-SUV) for the U.S. market
- Start of production planned for 2026
- Herbert Diess, CEO: “Electrification provides a historic opportunity to now enter the highly attractive pick-up and R-SUV segment as a Group, underscoring our ambition to become a relevant player in the U.S. market.”
We had a Scout in the 70s, icon red with white top, it had manually locking front hubs, so if you didn't do it in advance, you were out in the mud
I didn't even realize that VW owned the brand/name of Scout, but here's the history:
Several weeks ago, we were at Universal, and I was walking back from the __secret__chargers__ and I saw this one on a trailer, it was fully restored, looked showroom mint:
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