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My Opportunity Charging
Hi All! I spent a few days out of town for work last week, so I’ve done an awful job of keeping up with posts and such. The two pics I’ve inserted are my most frequent opportunity locations. The...
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Making Regen Braking Safer In My Volt…
Mark & All… Sorry this is not a reply as it should be, I couldn’t figure out how to reply without associating with a social site – heck to get old…! I agree with the issue of regen braking in “low”...
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Opportunity charging fail
I did not rise to the opportunity charging challenge, but I had my reasons. For one, we’re getting ready to sell our house and I rarely get to leave, except to go to the hardware store! Other reasons...
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Daddy Always Said…
Folks… I’ve put this off far too long, but wanted to review how I got started in all this “EV Stuff”… I’ve been a “geek” all my life, begining to study electronics theory and design circuits in my...
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So I visited Volt’s home, sort of…
I was in Detroit area on business from March 11th through 15th. Since I don’t travel to Detroit very often, I tried to schedule a plant tour at GM’s Hamtramck plant, Volt’s home, at the end of my trip....
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***Warning! Boring technical post coming!*** :) MPGe calculation…
One of the pleasant surprises I’ve encountered early on driving my Volt is how I’ve been able to easily beat EPA fuel economy ratings of the Volt. MY2011 & 2012 Volts are rated at 93 MPGe for EV...
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What’s a gas station? It sounds familiar???
I leased my 2012 Volt on June 2nd, 2012. In nearly 10 months, I’ve driven 15,434 miles as of this moment and 15,090 miles have been electric miles (most of them charged at free public EVSEs). The last...
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Volt Owners Take Lessons from the Stock Market
For this mini-challenge post, I wanted to include a picture of my Volt at the gas station, but the two week timeframe was much too short for me to need to fill up the Volt. So, instead, here is a...
View ArticleGasoline price 101 – and no, there is no anti-EV conspiracy theory…
Mark’s interesting post about average cost pricing and pump price fluctuation again reminded me of a very common misconception which is pricing at gas stations. Many people think prices at pumps...
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So I’ve been thinking about my next home…
I’m finding that my Volt has changed me in many ways. For instance, I’m not always pushing the accelerator to the floor. Sometimes I take pleasure in keeping the spinning green ball in the center. I...
View Articleand now we wait. The envelope please…
Hey EV Challengers out there: I’ve had a great time competing with you all and found your blog posts and opinions well-considered and insightful. The reports generated by the data loggers is very...
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