Agreed.
For one thing, it was a short term, temporary request during a massive heat wave. Once that heat wave passed, electrical usage returned to normal. In the meantime, it is likely that CA utilities have increased their capacity through additional wind and solar as that is where the power supply increases are happening the fastest.
Yes, even with 110+ degree temps - there has been ZERO flex alerts.
I know personally? I've always had a bit of a challenge with "fine motor skills". In fact, when I was a kid, my parents were worried I wouldn't ever be able to do a lot of things I eventually got pretty good at, like typing at a decent speed. But I can definitely tell there are certain activities where I just have a tougher time than most people I know. (I got into playing guitar, for example -- but despite playing it for over a decade? I just could never do the "speed picking" that all my peers got good at, and I just can't get coordinated enough with it to play some of it without looking at where my fingers are, on the fretboard.) Driving a stick was always another one of those challenges for me. I can tell when the engine RPMs are right to do a shift. But I'm really bad with the whole coordination thing working the clutch and everything else. I'm sure if I kept at it, I could get decent enough at it. But the experience of stalling the car out in dangerous places on busy roads, fighting with hills, etc.? It just turned me off wanting to practice it any further. I feel like the technology is here for automatics to work perfectly fine, so why not take advantage of it?
interesting, in my 2022 Bolt EUV it stays in OPD, they might have changed that for the EUV or for the 2022 and later models. I love OPD
Yeah, I bet they did change it. My Bolt has a really annoying shifter layout too, which I'm told was changed with the EUV and newer Bolt EVs as well. You have to hold down this side button before it lets you shift gears. Pretty non-intuitive since there's a second button on the top of the shifter, which on every other automatic I've seen is the one you hold down to shift. On my Bolt though? The top button immediately puts the car in park. Then, to put the car in reverse? They make you press the shifter up and then to the left. Simply pressing it up but not to the left will put it in neutral, but only if you hold it up for a couple seconds. Push down for drive, and press down twice in a row to go to "L", which is what they use for the one pedal driving mode.
ok, you confused me then, 3 Teslas and 1 BMW are EVs, 1 BMW and 1 MG are ICE - that makes EVs the majority, actually double the # of ICE ... EVs are winning
ok, you confused me then, 3 Teslas and 1 BMW are EVs, 1 BMW and 1 MG are ICE - that makes EVs the majority, actually double the # of ICE ... EVs are winning
Yesterday we had a 50/50 split on EV’s to ICE cars at work. 3 Tesla’s, 2 BMW’s and an MG.
Yes sorry I didn’t list the non EV’s.oh I see, didn't know that MG has an EV, you don't see many MGs in California
oh I see, didn't know that MG has an EV, you don't see many MGs in California
oh I see, didn't know that MG has an EV, you don't see many MGs in California
Those range rovers are very common in California and leave alone Teslas
Yep. If you’re in the cities in Alaska, an electric car as a commuter car would do just fine, you would just need to be careful in the winter, especially Fairbanks, where the snow can get pretty deep.
It really baffles me that in my suburban condominium apartment complex, where the apartments are fairly small, that there are so many people who live here who drive pickup trucks, jeeps and large SUVs. WHY??
There are edge cases where EV’s will struggle for sure at the moment.
