Cars

  • Coming Soon

    Coming Soon

    I was hoping to post the info of the final leg of my first EV road trip once I arrived, fortunately for you, I have a lot more to say as that final leg was an adventure, and therefore taking a little longer to write. However, it does contain some jaw dropping news for anyone

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  • Stop 3 Blue River

    I could have actually made it to Mount Robson where there are a couple of fast chargers, but they are only 25kw, so opted to get to 80% in Blue River then can top up to 80% at Robson then use the level 2 charger to get to 100%. Jasper is an unknown, there are

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  • Hope to Kamloops

    Hope to Kamloops

    This section of the trip was up through a couple of mountain passes. The Cougahalla and seemed like I climbed most of the way thus at times the average KWH was hitting 31, which is a lot considering around Nanaimo I get 13 kWh and from home to Hope I was getting around 14. However

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  • First Stop

    First Stop

    Stopped in Hope to top up the charge to 80%, this will get me to Kamloops. I used one of the new Electrify Canada stations, nice and bright, although at 2am there is nothing open nearby, so just sit and wait, well for 20 minutes.

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  • The EV Road Trip

    The EV Road Trip

    Well here we are ready to set off on the first road trip in the Kobe EV. Having never had a electric vehicle this first trip is be done with a certain degree of trepidation, I am sure it will be fine, and I see this as a great adventure . I have been following

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  • Electric Car

    Electric Car

    Back in February after many stressful trips in the car with a crazy dog, I was wondering about the suitability of a 4 door sedan and having a border collie puppy. The 4 door sedan was a Hyundai Sonata Hybrid, a car we bought as we planned our move to British Columbia with its $1.50l

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  • Isolation Lockdown Day 4

    The New Car As we enter Day 4 I was thinking back about how long we have our new car, mainly as it is not getting driven much these days, and thought, ah, a blog post on how I bought a brand new car through a chat window on a dealer website. First off I

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