Recent content by Nappe

During our drive across Canada, we had to queue up at a Supercharger in Toronto, and my wife said, "welcome to the future", commenting about how spoiled we have been with chargers always available in Alberta and BC. I drive between Calgary and Edmonton reasonably often, and we do our best to...

There is a speed limit for the shift into reverse and back, and it is pretty low, like at a walking pace of 5 km/h (maybe 5 m.p.h or 8 km/h). I love using this feature in parking lots, where I can move forward and backward slowly in and out of a parking space without needing to touch the brake...

We like the Yavis, which is just a few blocks from either charger. Yavis Restaurant – Drumheller Family Restaurant Interestingly, Drumheller has a "downtown" charger and a charger in the rec-centre parking lot along the river. The river is quite scenic. Stetler would be a good way to go if...

I use PlugShare PlugShare - Find Electric Vehicle Charging Locations Near You to find chargers and plan daily driving routes, and then go to Google’s MyMaps to save routes and locations. We used MyMaps for our drive to St John’s from Calgary, and it was a fun way to think about the trip. Canada...

I drive to Saskatoon from Calgary a few times each year in Model S with 400km of range. The route I take is much more direct than Swift Current, charging at Drumheller for brunch and a walk along the river and stop in Kindersley for dinner and a top-op. That would also be the best route between...

o_O Well, there is always the fall of 2020. :):cool:

We drove across Newfoundland last summer, overnight ferry to Port aux Basques, overnight in Deer Lake to see Gros Morne, overnight in Grand Falls-Windsor, and then spent a few nights on the Bonavista peninsula to see the icebergs and puffins. After a few days visiting friends in St John's, we...

I also find the speed-limit reading mostly accurate in Calgary, and with so much road construction, I'm glad that the car takes the initiative to slow down. In response to beeeerock, on undivided roads in BC, I would guess that 10% or so get the speed too low—and 0% where they use the new...

Regarding the inaccuracy of the range prediction on those mountain roads, I did observe that the energy usage is much higher than predicted on the ascents. Especially on a hot day. I think the car is working hard to cool the battery because the battery is working hard to propel the car against...

I am in for a hundred bucks. We plan to drive out there next year from Alberta to celebrate the 150. (I'll be fifty and Canada will be one hundred and fifty, so Canada and I are going to celebrate.) I doubt that we will use that charger, since we plan to stay at those chalets down the road that...

After reading this thread, particularly @3s-a-charm's photos, I gave it a try and, the better part of a year later, I am hooked on the waterless car wash. I don't go waterless every time, but I find it fast, convenient, and satisfying work. The best thing, though, is that I keep some microfibre...

It is frightening to think about, and you know it will get abused like autopilot has, but generally I buy the Tesla line that parking and backing out if parking spots is safer when the controller is out of the vehicle with a full view of potential obstructions, hazards, pets, etc.

I tried to get Skyfire to come out and give me a quote in August 2014. Thank goodness, I gave up on their intermittent communication in October, because it looks like Greenergy, my second choice, is a much better option. We paid our 10% deposit on Nov 1, and they installed on Nov 24, 2014. I...

I've had the same experience in near-zero temps—in BC mountains and on Alberta plains, but perhaps more dramatically with huge elevation changes—where I've lost 15-20% energy off of the predicted values. I find, though, that the near-real-time updates of the energy predictions are quite...

Superchargers in Vancouver and Calgary seem unlikely. The big cities are for destination charging or passing through to next charger. I live in Calgary and I've driven to the coast twice and I see no need for either city to have a supercharger. I would much prefer a supercharger or two to...