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To my untutored eye, all the turbine wheels in this thread look like the factory wheels on my wife's P85+. No?? Is the intent simply to have the look of the factory 21" with a 19" wheel? I preferred the 19" wheels--I expect them to to wear much better and ride a little softer. I've never been a...

Good that we have choices. I wouldn't call a Volt an exciting car, but it's fun to drive, and very satisfying. Cargo space hasn't been a problem since my wife won't let me carry the kind of stuff I need anyway. I have a beat up Pathfinder for that. I took a friend for a ride in our Tesla last...

I've driven a Prius a number of times, and I've driven the Volt a lot. In my opinion, Peter, you chose poorly, though I had a similar experience with the dealer. Even though they had two Volts gathering dust on the lot they seemed unenthusiastic about selling them. The volt is twice the car that...

We own both a 2013 Chevy Volt (in Maui) and a Tesla P85+ (in Oregon). We love them both. I really don't understand why Volts aren't as common as bellybuttons. Great car, very practical, fun to drive and very comfortable.

No question that the HR/PDX travel is mostly Newb anxiety. We have the car set up to charge to 80%, which theoretically gives 240 miles on the 85KW pack, but real world it's more like 200. My wife arrived in Hood River after her round trip with 40 miles of reserve--which for her is tantamount to...

Interest in the Chevy Volt is declining steadily, I actually see fewer of them than Teslas. Interest in Teslas steadily increases, even though the cars are out of reach for most people. What's that about? My wife and I have both cars. A new P85+ and a eight month old Volt. The Tesla is an...

I wonder if the coal gasification numbers include the full cycle (ie--CO2 from the gasification process) or just the generation. And as always, there numbers rarely include all the other CO2 generation associated with extraction, transportation, construction, life cycle. The justification is...

This is a roundabout way to rediscover the name of a mileage app I recall someone mentioning here. What I'm looking for is an iPad app that gives a reasonable estimate of the actual miles consumed in traveling to a location over hills and through traffic. I'm sure someone will pop in and tell me...

I'm not familiar with superchargers yet, but I'm pretty familiar with LiPo charging in various chemistries. Since you had discharged the battery substantially it's likely you had a fair amount of battery imbalance. Smart chargers for even 3S or 4S batteries will generally ramp the recharge rate...

Established companies are held to a different standard by their stockholders. They have to continue making money. If Tesla made big profits right now any wise investor would bail, assuming they are under-investing in market share and development. I wouldn't assume people running large companies...

Superior safety is an assumption--not an outlandish one, but the perils of Hydrogen have been grossly overstated in what I've read herein, and a lot depends on the storage approach. But it's absolutely not true that it takes less energy to charge a battery than to make hydrogen. Most of the...

Not likely. Part of the answer for energy storage is in the car you're driving. Suppose your neighborhood had 100 electric cars--all of them with different use patterns. With just a little system intelligence they can be used as a storage source. And their availability coincides with peak use. A...

The infrastructure issue is probably the killer app for EVs over FCV. But there's more than a bit of arm waving in the arguments I read here about efficiency. According to USEIA the sources of electricity in the US are: Coal 37% Natural Gas 30% Nuclear 19% Hydropower 7% Other...

I don't quite get why this is such a heated issue. RCC's comments seem cogent and reasonable. FCV is a rational technology that may eventually become practical. Hydrogen as a fuel has some promise. It's not really true that hydrogen explosions make propane look like child's play. You need a...

My wife just picked up her Model S, and while she was browsing the options I conned her into doing a P85+. Lovely car. I haven't had a chance to really wring it out yet, too much screaming and cursing in the right seat. But the time will come. I'd love to get it on a track to really see what it...