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Electric Cars -- anyone own one?

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I got a letter included in my Chevy Bolt EUV package to avoid anything over a level 2 40 amp charger unless it is an emergency situation.
I have a 92 mile round trip commute every day. I have a level 2 at my Shop, plus one at home. I rarely use the one at home. I simply plug in when I get to my shop. It will be charged full when I head home. It will have around 160 miles worth left when I get home. When I get back to my shop the next morning, it will be around 120 miles left, I plug it in, it tops off in about 3 hours, ready to go again.

It need not be complicated. The Level 2 charger that I have came with instructions for the appropriate plug. I went the Home Depot and got the male/female, mounted it and ran #4 wire to two 50 amp breakers. (My house has a 300 amp service.)IMG_0553.jpeg
 
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SGK said:
Yup. Nothing like pissing/turning off your customer base. Shoot - Own - Foot. And right when the Tesla line-up is decidedly dated. Tesla stock is already 38% off its highs and has further to go.
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Boycott Tesla. It’s pretty bad when the White House is used to promote a failing brand.
 
It's funny or actually crazy the difference in the West Coast vs the rest of the world....
Oh wait the rest of the world isn't in shambles.
 
It's been nice for years seeing all the heroin addicts all over y'all's streets in Cali , Oregon, Washington on t.v. On t.v not our local gas station

Yeah on TV not near where I live

It never was a thing here in deep south or really anywhere else in this country

Thanks for allowing it and spreading it here.
Same said for your useless cars and everything else you spineless evil people allow to go on.thanks alot

It's really sad for the good old boys living in Oregon,or upstate cali and probably somewhere in Washington.but y'all need to rise up and end this mess........


The rest of the country doesn't want your European copy cat garbage

We didn't see homeless people Birmingham Alabama until 30 yrs ago .it rarely happened

Now y'all's agenda has spread this mess across the country.thanks alot

Even elon knows his crap cars are destroying this country.you can't charge one around here for miles anyway so don't know why I care.

Keep y'all's mess over there with your broken states.lol
We are tired of the ignorant agenda being shoved in our face with you pride crap green crap and all
 
precision1 said:
It's been nice for years seeing all the heroin addicts all over y'all's streets in Cali , Oregon, Washington on t.v. On t.v not our local gas station

Yeah on TV not near where I live

It never was a thing here in deep south or really anywhere else in this country

Thanks for allowing it and spreading it here.
Same said for your useless cars and everything else you spineless evil people allow to go on.thanks alot

It's really sad for the good old boys living in Oregon,or upstate cali and probably somewhere in Washington.but y'all need to rise up and end this mess........


The rest of the country doesn't want your European copy cat garbage

We didn't see homeless people Birmingham Alabama until 30 yrs ago .it rarely happened

Now y'all's agenda has spread this mess across the country.thanks alot

Even elon knows his crap cars are destroying this country.you can't charge one around here for miles anyway so don't know why I care.

Keep y'all's mess over there with your broken states.lol
We are tired of the ignorant agenda being shoved in our face with you pride crap green crap and all
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Heck, don't pussy-foot around, let us know whatcha really think. ;) jd
 
@jackieschmidt ? I wonder about the future of the battery capacity if it's only drawn down part way? I thought a full drawn down cycle was best for "full capacity" recharge? Maybe only a partial draw will cause it (the battery) to find a memory??
 
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precision1 said:
It's been nice for years seeing all the heroin addicts all over y'all's streets in Cali , Oregon, Washington on t.v. On t.v not our local gas station

Yeah on TV not near where I live

It never was a thing here in deep south or really anywhere else in this country

Thanks for allowing it and spreading it here.
Same said for your useless cars and everything else you spineless evil people allow to go on.thanks alot

It's really sad for the good old boys living in Oregon,or upstate cali and probably somewhere in Washington.but y'all need to rise up and end this mess........


The rest of the country doesn't want your European copy cat garbage

We didn't see homeless people Birmingham Alabama until 30 yrs ago .it rarely happened

Now y'all's agenda has spread this mess across the country.thanks alot

Even elon knows his crap cars are destroying this country.you can't charge one around here for miles anyway so don't know why I care.

Keep y'all's mess over there with your broken states.lol
We are tired of the ignorant agenda being shoved in our face with you pride crap green crap and all
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Sound advice from the in-bread capital of the world. So this is how you think your fellow shooters that fight this crap daily think also. Are you your own grandpa ?
 
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Boycott Tesla. It’s pretty bad when the White House is used to promote a failing brand. Really??? All of the Biden era mandates are gone, along with the government subsidizing EVs, due to new EOs. Please tell me how this is pushing EVs or Tesla, please I have to know.
 
I just had a ride in my daughter's Tesla and the torque compared to my SIL's Volt is amazing. It will set you back in your seat. I haven't felt that since my brother's built, Chevy II Nova days.

It will be the future but it won't be our immediate future because of the "cart before the horse" mentality. If you could pull into a service (loosely used) station and swap out battery packs in five minutes or less the whole concept would be more widely accepted. We already rape the earth to build internal combustion engine based cars so there is no difference in that respect. IMO.

I would get one tomorrow, but that damn Toyota Avalon just keeps going and going.
 
NorCalMikie said:
So, if you're set up to charge your EV with a smaller 240 volt cloths dryer line/plug, it will charge to full but take longer? And if you don't drive every day, you CAN have a full charged battery, just takes longer?
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No, there will not be any downside if the plug is wired into a 50 amp circuit with the correct wire.
 
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gkgeiger said:
Boycott Tesla. It’s pretty bad when the White House is used to promote a failing brand.
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I find it interesting that not long ago, EVs were being promoted as the environmentally friendly choice.
Now they're being destroyed because a change in the political climate has made the 'environmentally conscious' despise the company. Destroying property isn't particularly good for the environment.
Pick a side. Environmental? Political? Deciding on a daily basis?
 
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gkgeiger said:
Yah, me too. What was his stance on EV’s before Musk became hit b$t buddy?
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Dunno. Neutral so far as I can tell.

Do you have contradicting evidence, or just tossing things out there?

An introduction to someone you never knew never changed your perspective?
 
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