EVs are just superior

Thanks for Ghandi for this upmostly relevant quote. We obviously need it in what is aptly described as a right wing nut reaction to something now far superior and threatening to the established kleptocracy of black shit from the ground consuming poisonous beasts: The establishment goes nuts against the Tesla Here's my response to the criticism of the Tesla: Fuck you Wall Street Journal! You just don't get how gasoline cars are already dead, do you? All this now shows is how far ahead electric cars are now, and as the performance and capabilities increase every year the BEVs can now see all those preposterous and obsolete monsters in their rear view mirror. Film, meet the CCD, tape, meet the CD, and gasoline car, meet the BEV. As I crossed 18500 miles in my i3, far superior mechanically than any car within quite a large radius I believe, I can savor my low footprint, my utmost disdain for wars in foreign countries done in the name of that black shit from the ground we absolutely...

The more I drive my BEV the more I realize the pervasive and noxious nature of ICE cars. They now seem inferior in every way. A BEV is about 3-5 times more energy efficient per unit energy used to move its body around. To testify to that here's a look at my energy consumption thanks to ChargePoint. We can safely add 100 % as I am also getting my energy from other sources i.e home, blink and the free charging in Santa Monica, so 3 MWh seems a fair bet. That means 3,000,000 X 3600 = 10.8 Billion Watts (or Joules). This as I crossed 17k since March so in about 5 months. That is about 5.8-6 kWh per mile.  Gasoline has about 44.4 MJ/Kg. So I consumed 10.8e9 / 44.4e6 = 243 kg of equivalent gasoline. That would be 536 lb of gasoline or 90 galons. But there is a problem: only 15% of that energy in gasoline above gets actually converted to useful work in an ICE engine subjected to the Carnot cycle, whereas BEV use more than 90% of the energy in the battery quite effectively. Let's assum...

I finally heard a small rythmic noise on one of the back tires the other day and sure enough it was a small screw. It was in the part of the tire with the most rubber so I was hoping no damage was done, which was even confirmed after I pulled out the piece, but sadly a tiny portion made it inside and I was faced with a small leak, maybe 1 PSI a day. The tire pressure indicator is definitely precise to indicate that. What am I to do? well strangely enough the i3 is not stuck with those expensive run flat tires that are irremediably damaged after a small puncture, at the convenience of another 50-100 miles (don't get me wrong that may be useful as those punctures tend to happen in the rain and the middle of the night per the quantum theory based Murphy's law), so I can repair it myself using an inexpensive kit which I did. It does hold up to now. At this point there is absolutely NOT a single justification to ever own a gasoline cat again... in fact their looks alone with that na...

My conversion to gasoline free is now complete. So much that I decided to only make a new entry at more significant milestones, like now which is also 20,000 km, or halfway across the planet. The serenity of complete engine silence and lack of vibration seems to have conditioned me to realize the utter violence and assault on the senses of the gasoline vehicles outside, especially the diesel monsters. 3500 more miles and it barely was any achievement. I still average 200 miles a day and the battery is as effective as ever, with 115 miles of range every morning and about 108-110 when I drive back, due to the altitude difference between Murrieta and Santa Monica. The car is also very utilitarian lately, with a coffee table and other large items being transported. My work is moving to a new location to I can grab a whole lot of free stuff there offered to employees and bring back all the way to the inland empire. In Santa Monica it seems the 3hr limit at the free charging stations seem to...

Almost 3 months and now 10k. The novelty is gone in a way as the car is doing all my previous gasoline car was enabling me to do. The bonus is of course very minuscule energy expenses, as chargepoint is free and the City of Santa Monica provides me with free charging and free parking, as well as a few dealers along the way. In fact it would be very hard for me to go back to a gasoline car, ever. Last week a couple of service actions were done, one of them being upgrading my charging unit so it can now go to 7.4 kW, and the dealer loaned me a 328i. It felt way different and I missed the better cruise control as well as single pedal driving of the electric, not to mention overall better performance due to full torque at 0 rpm and no gearbox.

Friday I got to fully recharge the car and somehow noticed my range was indicated as 86 miles on the way back. I also parked it closer to the 10. The car loves stop and go traffic... it makes regenerative breaking very effective and extends the range, while the speed it taken care for me by the cruise control, so all I have is to steer and relax. As I say my range stay in the 80s I entered the first station after the dreaded no man's land between Corona and Murrieta, covering 40 miles, and noticed the behavior became similar to what I experience going in. I previously calculated the effects of the altitude change and determined going to work gives me an extra 1 kWh of boost, while going back would mean losing that. In theory that means only a loss of 5-6 miles of range, but I always was scared to not recharge before Corona and then make that trek across a vast expanse of 40 miles devoid of any level 2 salvation... Until now... after 2 months I felt I knew the car enough to try it. ...

Generally mountain driving and bev seem mutually exclusive. Based on my calculations in an earlier post going all the way to my property in the mountains, at a cool 5000 ft up, would skim 5 kWh just to get up there. And then you add the horizontal distance: 70 miles. But I haven't been there in 3 months so the need to check that my humble shed and its contents weren't vendalized become pressing. And as this 3 days weekend unfolded I finally decided to be foolish enough to try the feat. First I checked what stations were available and found out a grand total of 6. 5 in Ramona and 1 in Santa Isabel. Probably the blink network so I grabbed a code at www.blinkcode.com just to be ready. Initially I aimed for Santa Isabel as it was the closest but a lookup on blink's site showed nada there so I redirected my trajectory to go to Ramona first. The drive was similar to when I went to San Diego but then I followed the 78 starting at Escondido. I was happily surprised to arrive in Ram...