General EV Discussion

[RRocket]

Right. The real gain is in the gas saved, so if it's not a lot then agreed the ROI takes a while. So, it's mostly a convenience thing.
 

It's basically this:

At worst, he'll save 1 liter of gas every time he fully charges at a free location. (Winter)

So 1 liter of fuel per use is his ROI calculation.

[Seafoam]

 The way things are going this calculation gets better.

[dkazzed]

Canadian company too. Interesting their prices are all over the place.

NACS to J1772 - $129
J1772 to NACS - $60
J1772 to V2L - $79
NACS to V2L - $139

My Ioniq 9 supports 1800W through V2L but I can't think of a situation where I actually need it. And their wording seems to indicate that I can't buy the J1772 to V2L adapter to put on the J1772 to NACS adapter my vehicle came with.

[dkazzed]

The all new Subaru "Not a Highlander" Getaway, including a 313 kW (420 HP) setup that Highlander doesn't get.



Emphasis on Not a Highlander



I wonder if black is the only option? Just from the photos, it doesn't look as nice as even the Highlander XLE other than the seats, but a lot nicer than Ascent at least. 



As with Highlander, captain chairs standard with bench option on select trims.

[Blueprint]

^^ First Toyota EV without the obscured-by-the-wheel instrument display

[RRocket]

^^ First Toyota EV without the obscured-by-the-wheel instrument display

Weird.

Mine isn't obscured by the wheel.

Nor has it been for anyone who's driven it with me (5'-6'4" drivers). That comprises 99% of drivers.

It wasn't an issue in the new Prius for me either.

I often wonder if auto journos are incompetent like the people you see fumbling around in infomercials or just make up stuff to complain about....just for the sake of complaining to fill up a few lines in their articles just so they can get their word quota!  LOL 😆

[RRocket]

So I observed distance traveled and energy used for March and here are the numbers:

Distance traveled 4,088km
Energy Used:      945kWh

Now even though my bill shows I charged 840kWh at the lowest overnight rate (.039 kWh) I just took my entire bill and divided by total energy used. My total bill was 1,508 kWh and it cost $216.47

All in average of .142kWh

So 945 x.142 = $134.19

I get 10 cents per kWh from Green Mile Points. $134.19 less $94.5

So $39.69 to go 4,000kms

[GreatBigAbyss]

I often wonder if auto journos are incompetent like the people you see fumbling around in infomercials or just make up stuff to complain about....just for the sake of complaining to fill up a few lines in their articles just so they can get their word quota!  LOL 😆

There is some stuff they complain about that have merit.  Like when they complained about the touch controls in the new Golf.  Well guess what?  My Prius Prime has the same damn type of controls.  Everything is touch sensitive.  I can't adjust the climate control at all while wearing gloves.  And Gloves are a daily occurrence during a Manitoba Winter.  Hate that part of it.