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our FCSP is also still in the box. We got a ChargePoint Home Flex 50 amp charger December 2021, so until we upgrade our service panel and include a subpanel/Home integration kit, I don't see a reason to spend money on installing the FCSP.

My Bolt has been getting under 2 mi/kwh in the freezing weather, and the Lightning seems to still be around 1.7. I'm much happier with the Lightnings cold weather range than the Bolt.

That's just not going to happen. As we've seen with the F150 Lightning Pro, it's nothing more than a teaser and a promise to get you in the door. GM is making the Silverado EV higher end first, as with nearly everyone else they're following Tesla's model. Make the $100,000+ car to use the...

this was a very specific scenario. We had pushed a little too far, and got to a DCFC EA station that wouldn’t communicate. We only had around 12 miles left and needed 22 to get to the next charger. We used an L2 to get enough range, input the location of the next charger, drove slower at 55 and...

Two Towns has their Harvest party in Corvallis on October 29th. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/12th-annual-2-towns-harvest-party-tickets-419366746227?fbclid=IwAR2GrjAPS2C4PNlZc7A82-cuLJmkiAsagqYc5ZKAT4-3tSD_NrrxWsj8XLc

Provided there's Beer involved. Any good events happening we can show off?

I have other issues with CP. they claim to have the largest charging network, but in my experience so many of the claimed units are dead and haven’t worked in years. CP doesn’t see it as an issue, but when they have their name plastered in 500 point font on the unit, people see chargepoint as...

I think EA is experiencing some pretty extreme growing pains at the moment. I know DCFC EVSE aren’t cheap, and the older units are dying too quickly.

Hopefully the units worked for you.

Today it was three! Dunnigan,CA. Sadly EA is having issues and this site is completely uncommunicative with their network. No charging for any of us today here. unfortunately for us that meant finding a J1772 nearby to get a few more miles, and two more charges to get a full speed DCFC. All...

Dear Ford, If I input a charger as my destination, even if I have low range, but have enough to get there, don’t change the directions and point me to a j-1772 plug just because it’s closer. 45 minutes vs 2 days isn’t a good trade off. Fix your navigation system. This makes it unusable.

Hope they're fixing those issues for you. Sucks to get it in that kind of condition. We used Parsons for the super low rate... took a couple extra days as they had to mail a check to the dealership. Worked out well enough in the end.

It's at the dealer, and you're not?! What's wrong with you! We watched the truck leaving the port and knew when it would be driving in. Had lunch where it would be driving past, and pulled into the dealership right behind it.

I think with United Road you have to put in your VIN into the tracker and search, then with the destination you can register yourself with the OVISS system. I don't remember exactly, but it's not registering with United Road as an account itself.

Train travel by BNSF is hard to track as they don't have an open system. I found a guy online who was offering up location tracking and bought him some beer for his troubles. Once it gets to Portland you should be able to track it using United Road. There's instructions out there on how to set...

Our truck sat at the Port in Portland for 7 days. They wait until there's a full load for a trip, then they ship. Our dealer got three vehicles from the transport, and there were another 5 or 6 on the truck to go to another dealer.

the distinction is that we can control supply and demand. Over supply needs to be met with storage, to be able to offset demand and balance the grid. Forest fire issues need to be balanced with better line maintenance, personal or local power storage, buried last mile transmission lines. Just...

The difference is that managing the grid because of extreme usage is a power supply and demand issue, while managing the grid for a wind/fire event is a natural disaster/preventative measure. We can't as easily plan for high wind events, and that has the potential to need to shut the grid off...

Yes, power restored *should* begin the charging again. Depending on the car and EVSE there may be issues where they need to be unplugged and plugged back in. My Bolt has gone through a power blip and restarted just fine. People who depend on a full charge for a long commute with a power outage...

Shutting off power because of the very real issues of power lines causing forest fires is different than not being able to supply power to the grid because of excess demand.