Driving around Ontario in a not so expensive electric car
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Camping is always a joy, but even better, go for an electric campsite and charge the car while you charge yourself
Worried about climate change? Why not do something about it? You can have a lot of fun with a gently used EV that can get you where you need to go (albeit with a little bit of planning, some patience and an appetite for adventure).
The battery in my EV is 3-4 times bigger than the one in my home battery system. This could make quite the difference, in a prolonged power outage, that 3-4 times capacity sure would be nice. Lets explore some options for how my EV would be connected to the grid. Briefly an EV can be…
Suppose you are concerned about the state of the EV market (source), and lets say it so happens you are not the prime minister, but a policy maker on a more local level, say Major, City counsellor etc. What can we do? Turns out lots, lets dole out some free advice to our city/town policy…
Ontario started the Ivy charging network back in 2020 (source). Ivy operates on most Onroute rest-stops common along Ontario’s highways (source), as well as other locations. In my experience, reliability has been better than average, perhaps 90% or so first charge success, hence I would check plugshare and the Ivy-app ahead of time. I found…