26k and counting
I now average 700 miles or so per week commuting 60 miles each way and some mountain driving on week-ends, courtesy of all those chargepoint stations.
When commuting to Santa Monica I was averaging 1000 miles a week so having an EV and that freedom to go anywhere on a whim really makes you drive a lot.
I am sometimes jealous of not having a Fast DC port but the average cost of a level 2 station is a few K vs. 100-200 grands for a Fast DC outlet.
There is no noticeable reduction in battery capacity and I often top it off. Kudos to the metrolink chargers in Anaheim that pump close to 6.7 kw. Strangely enough the paid chargers nearby only average 5.6.
I read about the Toyota Mirai and definitely like the fact fuel cell technology seems operational and below a 7 figures price tag for the first time in hundreds of years but the infrastructure is the Achile's heel of it:
1) $1 million per hydrogen fueling station. A grand total of 10 in SoCal now
2) Hard to image how someone can refuel at home.
#1 and #2 are taken care of by probably more than 30k level 2 stations now across the globe and more than 20k in California, whereas one can always refuel at home through a wall outlet. Crude and slow but does the job.
Of course the more cumbersome and high maintenance the more liked by the fossil fuel lobby, not to mention methane hydrates can be readily converted to H2 although at a massive emission cost in CO2. Scary but true.
I can see how fuel cells would profit general aviation though... as fuel cell vehicles of any kind are in fact EVs with the battery replaced by a fuel cell stack. And the electric engine has orders of magnitude higher reliability and practicality compared to the noisy vibrating oil spewing ICE contraption.
What profits fuel cells profits battery EVs, there is just no going around that fact.
When commuting to Santa Monica I was averaging 1000 miles a week so having an EV and that freedom to go anywhere on a whim really makes you drive a lot.
I am sometimes jealous of not having a Fast DC port but the average cost of a level 2 station is a few K vs. 100-200 grands for a Fast DC outlet.
There is no noticeable reduction in battery capacity and I often top it off. Kudos to the metrolink chargers in Anaheim that pump close to 6.7 kw. Strangely enough the paid chargers nearby only average 5.6.
I read about the Toyota Mirai and definitely like the fact fuel cell technology seems operational and below a 7 figures price tag for the first time in hundreds of years but the infrastructure is the Achile's heel of it:
1) $1 million per hydrogen fueling station. A grand total of 10 in SoCal now
2) Hard to image how someone can refuel at home.
#1 and #2 are taken care of by probably more than 30k level 2 stations now across the globe and more than 20k in California, whereas one can always refuel at home through a wall outlet. Crude and slow but does the job.
Of course the more cumbersome and high maintenance the more liked by the fossil fuel lobby, not to mention methane hydrates can be readily converted to H2 although at a massive emission cost in CO2. Scary but true.
I can see how fuel cells would profit general aviation though... as fuel cell vehicles of any kind are in fact EVs with the battery replaced by a fuel cell stack. And the electric engine has orders of magnitude higher reliability and practicality compared to the noisy vibrating oil spewing ICE contraption.
What profits fuel cells profits battery EVs, there is just no going around that fact.
i3marc. You posts fill me with confidence in our own i3. We have 15,000km (9300mi) and not a single fault. Solar charged too - no middlemen to exploit us. Can't ever see us going back to ICE and all its harshness and never ending back-end costs. Oh and in 10months of ownership never ever felt any range anxiety. This car is just brilliant. Pleased you seem to be enjoying yours as much us we are ours. Thank you for the excellent blogs
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