Recent content by cometguy

We're also on our third PHEV, because we want to drive in all-electric locally but not have to deal with the public-charging infrastructure on our long (7000-mile) annual road trips to see family cross-country. BEVs are great as long as you can charge at home and basically stay within range of...

"middle of nowhere"? try driving US 191 north from Wilcox, AZ, to state route 78 to US 180 in SW New Mexico to NM 12 to US 60 in west-central NM to Socorro, and then on US 380 to Lubbock, TX.... I've done this recently in a PHEV, where gas stations are sometimes 80 miles apart. Forget about...

Who is blocking cars that aren't charging? You'd call the police instead of asking them to move aside so that you could charge? Seriously? You've got some real pent-up anger there. I doubt that the Porsche people would have protested if somebody was in an urgent hurry and asked to use one...

If it's that important, rent an iCEV or drive your back-up ICEV. Don't ever use a BEV for life-and-death situations.

No, I think the point is that they wanted to use real-world charging stations that are out there, and they wanted to do drives over somewhat long distances (I think it was LA to SD in this case) to cover generally the range of the battery pack. I don't know how long they blocked the stations...

You can get a Macan Electric (same architecture) for $80k USD and a Taycan for well under $100k USD. But the bigger point here is that EA is funded by, and essentially belongs to, the VW Group (of which Porsche is a part). l This was a one-off test for journalists set up by Porsche USA to show...

This was a special event spanning only 30 minutes at a time, max, run by Porsche for journalists. Porsche is part of the VW Group, which funded EA, so don't get so hyped up about it. These are their charging stations! Get upset when Ford creates their own charging stations and non-Ford BEVs...

Yeah, people do buy 4-door Porsches to take on long, cross-country road trips. I've done so with three four-door Porsches that I have bought, so far. They are superb touring vehicles. So, yeah, it's important in a Porsche BEV to have long range and to be able to charge fast. Nobody buys a...

Yes, the new-gen E-Hybrid is much better, and AWD makes a difference.. I find the instrument panel on my 2018 E-Hybrid to be light-years ahead of the T8 instrument panels (which I find confusing); I like having the tachometer always displayed, and in my Panamera the change between ICE and...

I think that the XC40 BEV will sell well -- way better than the T8 Volvos, which are crappy engineering (their battery packs are too small, they get horrendous all-electric range, and they scrimped on the drive train to have a much-weaker all-electric rear axle vs. all-ICE-powered front axle for...

XC40 Recharge is supposed to start at about $55.5k USD in the USA. https://cleantechnica.com/2020/01/30/volvo-opens-preorders-as-the-fully-electric-xc40-recharge-nears-production/

I know that there are people like you who do a lot of public charging, but I'd guess that people like you are less than 1 percent of the total BEV owners, from my extensive monitoring of many BEV forums. I followed Don's Taycan Turbo roadtrip in real time from late Jan. until early March and...

28k EV charging stations in the USA now, and 168k gasoline stations in the USA now, according to a Google search... That's a factor of almost six times fewer charging stations, and it takes a lot longer to charge and there are standards problems at charging stations (plugs, payment methods)...

EPA range estimates on BEVs are all messed up. Teslas get way lower ranges than EPA states. The Porsche Taycan gets way more range (240-260 miles in real-world usage) than EPA states (200 miles). I'm going to guess that the XC40 Recharge will get 250+ miles in city-only driving with lots of...

I won't be buying my first BEV for another year, as we stick with PHEVs for now, so I'm doing my research by following numerous BEV forums and reading/watching the automotive-news reports. So I'll be interested to hear what you and others have to say about your new Polestar 2s, as well as what...