Month of October 2021

I don't know what the average price of fuel in the USA is , and mostly don't care.
All I know is...........it's too cheap.

Today , 57 deg F in Northbrook , 58 in Elk Grove.
17.2 miles , fcd = 67.9 x .943 = 64.0 MPH.
Ave. speed 30.

 

Glad to hear it !

 

To wherever you travel, if Nema 5-15amp or Nema 5-20amp standard outlets are available, with PERMISSION, you can charge at 4MPH or 6MPH(MAX?), respectively, for the Tesla Model 3(?). Ten hours of charging gives you 40 or 60 miles of travel. Twenty hours of charging will give you 80 miles & 120 miles of travel (with all auxiliary EV power draws at a minimum). Featherfooting will get you even further! If you are close to sub-stations that supply higher than average voltage to your outlets, the above particularly applies. Make sure that the gauge of the interior wiring for the Nema 5-20amp outlet is, as it should be, 12 gauge or 10 gauge. You’ll be drawing 2000(+?) watts of power for the duration of the charge.
One EV adage is helpful……ABC…Always Be Charging. This is very important where only low-level charging, L1, standard 120Volt outlets are available.

PS (to Bill)…..I modified the above post considerably. You may want to withdraw your “LIKE”.

 

Today , 68 deg F in Naperville , 68 in Elk Grove.
Favourable winds.
35.0 miles , fcd = 69.6 x .943 = 65.6 MPG.

 

Cool!
Here in the US, the 120Volt, Nema 5-15amp is standard. I do have one Nema 5-20amp outlet in the garage(which delights me). Again, our voltage is higher than normal since we have a sub-station in our area. I hope I will NOT NEED to modify our 240Volt dryer outlet to be able to charge my future EV at 10-30 MPH. A mile away from me is a public service L2, 240Volt charger that delivers about 30Amps. AND it is a FREE charger! Hope to use it a lot! If a curmudgeon complains about my EV sucking too much FREE electricity, I’ll just say…….”I’m a featherfooter”. They won’t even know what that is!

 

Don't expect free energy to remain readily available when EVs become common.

 

Yes, that is what I said 10+ years ago, when I saw people charging at FREE EV chargers. The FREE L2 chargers are still going. Several companies around the world…..MAKE MONEY GIVING AWAY FREE ELECTRICITY on L2 chargers to EVs.
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Electric motors are so efficient(at least, for efficient vehicles & drivers), that many commercial malls & townships offer free EV charging to attract EV drivers to shop at their locales.

PS…..There are U-tube videos where EV drivers charge at free EV chargers & see if they can proceed from one place to another. Most of the time, the drivers run out of patience & stop trying to tool around on free juice. One fellow found a small hydro-electric dam & was charging at a FREE charger supplied by the dam. He even saw the hydro turbines & the water exiting from the dam & returned to the river. But, he also, got bored & charged for FREE for only a short time. As for me, I would have talked with the workers in the support building, asking questions about the history, construction, operations, maintenance, safety, keeping river debris out of the turbines, possible environmental impacts of the dam & ability to power-support the surrounding communities. Also, there were excavations on-going in a separate area. I would have visited the FREE charger often & for extended periods, to learn about the region & people. For when I get an EV, I am planning interesting places to visit that offer FREE charging within a mile or less. So far, I’ve planned places to go, as far as 150+ miles from home……with the ability to return home with the same amount of kW-hrs of power in my battery pack, as when I left. This would entail say, 9 hours of L2 FREE charging. Yeah, 9 hours to have “fun”. Already, I have found 2 aquariums with “nearby” FREE chargers. I’m discovering many interesting places that I used to pass by, because my “young body & dumb brain” were too busy to “waste my time”. As a retiree, I now have “lots of time to waste”.

PS I (to Bill)….. Again, I modified this post considerably. You may wish to delete your “LIKE”.

 

Thanks, I appreciate your consideration of my likes and dislikes. I have no issue with your post or thoughts and inclinations so no need for me to change my "like." To each his own, right?

I had my fill of tourism by my teenage years. I've seen the world and everything I missed in that brief span of time, I can see through someone else's video or photo journals.

 

From those numbers, I'll guess you must live upgrade from her.

How does your electrical energy cost per mile compare with that of a similar size petrol burner at your local prices?

 

I never got on the “tourism” route till I earned enough money in my mid-20’s to do “tourism” & then, only the economy car-tent route. Never made too much money, & never got enough of the economy car-tent route. That is why I have been so excited that my cheap used tires have worked so well for me! I can afford to travel. Now that I may see myself clear to get a good Electrical Vehicle AND TOUR ON FREE ELECTRICITY & cheap tires…..well, I’m all agoggle about that prospect.

 

Today , 63 deg F in Naperville , 64 in Elk Grove. wind ENE 8.
35.0 miles, fcd = 64.5 x .943 = 60.8 MPG.
I discovered a new scenic route home , that is even shorter AND has no highway.
The wind definitely helped get home the last two days , so the MPG will be misleading.
31.5 miles , fcd = 78.0 x .943 = 73.5 MPG. The old Scenic Route #2 is 32.2 miles.

 

The old scenic Route #2…….where you can listen to many composers, who wrote #2 Symphonies. My recommendation is Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Symphony #2, either the long version or the short version, depending on how fast you want to drive the old Scenic Route #2. Oh, Jean Sibelius’ Symphony #2 would be outstanding, too (or #2).

 

Today 66 deg F in Northbrook and Elk Grove.
Wind E3 , wet roads.
17.2 miles , fcd = 69.9 x .943 = 65.9 MPG.

 

Thanks, but that's puzzling. How can your net descent going there differ from the net ascent returning, even if it's via another route?