Recent content by Brock-WI

reviving this old thread. But the only way I have found is in the car and taping on the SC's. I did a trip recently and don't mind driving at night, so I planned it so I would hit the first SC just after 10p which is when the SC rate fell to $.21/kWh peak time in the middle'sh of the day it...

I totally agree and I used to live near there. It is not a straight forward exit and charge and back on. Also with construction the highway 43, I believe all summer of 2022, it will get more complicated. But it is a good distance to Oak Creek, Sheboygan or Menomonee Falls so physically it's a...

I have never been in that ramp, I hope it is free to get in to charge?

Has anyone seen any progress on this? We drove through last night and saw the new Culvers from the highway but at 2am didn't want to go drive around looking for them :)

Carl, it doesn't hurt the car at all to not be pre-conditioned, the car won't let you do things to the battery to damage it, it will just reduce power if it is really cold and have little to no regen. Last winter our car would sit outside for 12+ hours at -15F or -25C and the car works fine...

A few days ago we turned on our rear defrost on and about a minute later heard a loud crack. Thought it was odd. Then we noticed the rear glass is cracked right along one of the defrost lines and there is a burn mark on the glass on the defrost line. Is there any way the defrost caused this...

Is it just me but when I put the car in reverse the wipers turn on in the fastest mode, it seems to do this pretty regularly, can't image what the thought is, maybe the back camera is dirty so it turns the front wiper on? I also have resorted to turning off auto mode until I actually need it, I...

Yes and then if you are at a SC charging with another EV and know you are paying more than the Tesla cars are paying, it would make you think about switching...

Someone said when they talked to the install people from Menomonie Falls they said they were working on the Bayshore Mall as well as Woodman's in Racine/ Pleasant Prairie one as well, but a couple of weeks behind Menomonie. But no one asked them exactly where it was.

Now that Menomonee Falls is just about done has anyone figured out where this actually is? Inside the ramp?

RTPEV I agree on the cost per mile, but I have yet to find a person in the real world that has even a guess as to what it would be in their vehicle, But when I told them if I "fuel" my car at home it cost me $2 a gallon and my car gets 120 mpg, they all see to understand that. I do agree that...

RTPEV you are correct, our M3 wasn't intended to be the cheapest thing to drive that 600 mile trip, but it previously worked out that way. It is the least expensive driving locally, since we have PV on our house and pay only $.0603 per kWh with off peak rates. I did do some more math and...

My understanding this is across the US. My guess is they are implementing this as they are opening up to other cars using SC's. This now compares makes taking our Chevy Volt (40 mpg) the same as taking our M3 600 miles, right about $45, which is a bummer... The M3 used to cost about $20 or...

Anyone been by Menomonie lately, any news?

OHHHHHHH I heard rumors about it being there as well. If you hear anything report back, we are in that area a lot with kids swimming at the Schroeder YMCA in Brown Deer for big swim meets, so I always have to stop in Sheboygan and make sure I am above 60 to get to Schroeder and back up to...