Thanks, Ben.
Nice backdrop for the portrait.
Thanks.
That does sound like a fun car to drive! And a great photo to go along with it. Chevy could use it in their advertising!
Are you able to charge it from your house?
Thanks Jim. We're currently charging from home with the slow charger that comes with it which works on a normal 120 volt outlet. It takes 72 hours to fully charge that way. We've been trying since forever to get an electrician over to install a fast charger (240V) which would charge it in about 9 hours. The electricians are all swamped, as are most tradesmen right now. It seems to be because of the real estate boom in New England - everyone from the city is moving to the country. I've started working in real estate now so I'm witnessing that firsthand. Anyway, the fast charger is what we need because I drive 70 miles to work and back every day (though currently working 2 days from home) so will definitely need that charger. Somehow we've been making do on the slow charger along with some use of the public (super fast) chargers.
The car is very fun to drive. One thing that's fun about it is the regeneration of electricity into the battery from using the magnetic brakes. The car has a regular brake pedal but there is an optional one-pedal driving mode where you only use the accelerator pedal. When you ease your foot off, magnets close in around each wheel to slow its rotation and that regenerates electricity at the same time. The dashboard shows this regen action with visual feedback, which makes driving like a fun video game. The magnets are powerful and you will actually come to a full stop on hills if you take your foot all the way off the pedal. It's pretty cool to see your battery gain 10 miles after going downhill less than half a mile
One thing I haven't gotten yet about Electric cars though is why they aren't building solar panels into the hood and roof? That way the vehicle could self charge to a degree while driving, and it could then also charge itself while sitting in the parking lot at a mall or farmyard. Often Electric cars are charge from electric outlets that are fossil fuel powered. So to truly be electric, building in lightweight solar panels just seems to be common sense, yet I have missed it if manufactures are adding them finally.
It's true, it would be nice to have "clean" electricity and in New England at least, that is not the case.
Nice shot of the car.
to Jim’s point, there isn’t enough surface area on cars of this size to have meaningful amount of charging capacity with panels on roof/hood. Moreover the panels on hood will pose problems with reflection of sunlight for others as well.
Thanks Jameel. That's a good point about the surface area, it does seem too small for the kind of power the car requires.
I'll have to do a fresh edit of this photo a bit later, gotta get to work.
