Electric and Hybrid Car Thread

[yray]

not much solterra available in the lower mainland

must be the badhobz effect

[Badhobz]

im seeing these damn things everywhere. multiplying like rabbits. only toyota bz's though, nobody seem to know that the lezbaru is the exact same car.

[StylinRed]

The showroom was closed cuz of a storm that just blew in, sorry about the glare :/

























Crappy photos ik but all the sales ppl are like desperate and I hate being hounded lol so it was lile pew pew pew sneaking pics and keeping it moving

[Badhobz]

dont copy thumbnails, copy the hotlinks

[twitchyzero]

just tried public charging for the 1st time en route to kelowna since free Electrify Can for 1k kwh or 2 yrs came with the vehicle

pulled up to hope at 74% with only 20 min pre-conditioning, only 50kw pulling from 350kw charger ok w/e maybe too close to full battery (vehicle is rated up to 250kw), someone accidentally ended our charging 5 min in, and a caddy was waiting because the remaining CCS was completely trashed/cable had been cut

at kelowna this was where it really started getting frustrating: we realized one charger even with 2 cords can only charge one vehicle at a time, WTF not even half speed for both?

our vehicle app also kept insisting charging plan suspended prompting us to pay, eventually we get it working after wasting a good amount of time. I also now get why people hate charge port by driver front fender

just a gas station next door, even the cambodian tire on the lot is boarded up. Yes technically brunch place walmart and even costco was within walking distance. Brought e-scooter in case but didnt have to use it

getting to hope at 35% with a full 45 min preconditioning we wanted to top up for just a solid buffer in case of some insane traffic, same shit with the pay prompt, we had to wait
a good 15-20 min then we were up and it finally worked...avg was 100kw and peaked only at 150kw (again at the 350w charger)

long story short this wasn't even during fri or sat, my goodness might be able to tolerate this only once a year but might just stick to shorter trips where I dont have to charge up at all (tofino, seattle) or get a nacs adapter yet still only capped at 50kw, good luck to the mach e that said they were doing this to toronto

i was reading the j1.2 taycan is a better road trip vehicle than the lucid sedan because of this so worse range but far better charging curve; sall good still got combustion shitboxes haha

even halving my estimated time at charging stop was optimistic, the infrastructure we have has a LONG ways to go

[mikemhg]

^That story right there is my hesitation to jumping into an EV, seems like a real headache for road trips.

[twitchyzero]

im thinking many people due to work school can only take trips during peak season, and i cant even imagine waiting for more than one car

perhaps non-issue at superchargers

maybe hybrid or rent

the drive itself was up there though like 8 or 9 out of 10, and neat seeing the usual aggressive regen gain a few % back on the big descents

efficiency was around 6km/kw

[radeonboy]

I suggest learning what the charge curve is for your vehicle so you can find out which battery % range enables the fastest charging speeds. Generally, most current EVs won't charge fast around the 74% range anyhow.

Roadtrips with current EVs are still more clunky compared to a gas car. There are some additional steps you can take to make roadtripping easier (i.e. ABRP + OBD dongle for route planning), but I also recognize that's a lot of extra work.