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Most EV’s present the driver with information on how much charge is left in the battery, usually in the form of a percentage. But it turns out, the bar is not necessarily accurate as the car vendor is trying to nudge you into making sensible charging choices, to maximize battery life. While this post willContinue reading “Decoding the state of charge”

Blue mountain is about 180 km North of Toronto and offers excellent ski and snowboard adventures. Barrie offers a convenient charging stop, for both the crew and the Leaf. Even with a roof-box or a ski-rack the 2018 Nissan Leaf has enough range to reach the Blue mountains, especially if you slow down a little.Continue reading “Blue Mountain Ski Trip”

While Mount Tremblant offers fantastic skiing, they are a little far from my corner of Toronto for a day trip. Never fear, Dagmar ski resort on Lakeridge road near Uxbridge offers great beginner skiing, good food and you can get there in an hour or so. A fine way to convert an otherwise boring SundayContinue reading “Dagmar Ski Trip”

Recently reports of Tesla’s loosing cabin heat in “extreme cold” surfaced. Is this more of a Tesla update thing gone wrong, or is there something more sinister going on here? Not to worry, it seems to be an issue with mostly newer Tesla Model 3/Y’s equipped with a cabin heat-pump following a December software update.Continue reading “Driving an EV in the cold”

Last quarter, we discussed EV charging in general terms. Now lets dive deeper and look at how we can use Plugshare to find charging stations that work with my EV. We will cover some of the more common brands from my used EV survey, along with Tesla (excluding the roadster with its custom connector). WeContinue reading “Charging 201: Using Plugshare”

Lake Eire is unusually shallow for a great lake. This means its one of the first ones to warm up in the summertime, and thus an excellent idea for an early summer camping trip. Rondeu provincial park sits on Lake Eire about half way down the lake, and approximately 290 km from Toronto. Yes, furtherContinue reading “Camping at Rondeu Provincial park”

Few companies have made a bigger impact on the EV scene than Tesla. So its high time that I got myself into one and gave the Tesla model 3 a spin. I was amazed by the performance, a light touch of the accelerator sent the model 3 flying, and I really had to be carefulContinue reading “Driving a Tesla Model 3”

As avid readers of this blog might have noticed, its quite possible to do long trips in an EV, albeit with some planning. But this implies that all EV trips require some planning. In fact, most of our trips are short run’s around town. Attending a meeting with a client in Markham, getting some groceriesContinue reading “Toronto-Markham”

As we saw in an earlier post, going green often has a benefit for that other green in your wallet. Having owned an EV for two and a half years, lets take a closer look at the books and see how much money I have spent on the two Leafs Ive owned. We use thisContinue reading “EV Economics”

While EV’s work great in the city and for daily driving, many feel that EV’s are not ready for a road trip. Common refrains are: Range anxiety, #rapidgate, and grumblings over deficiencies in the public charging infrastructure. Avid readers of this blog will note that that’s all nonsense, you certainly can take roadtrips in theContinue reading “Getting to Tremblant from Toronto in a day?”