All in all, though, a heart-warming story! ;-)
“...lately it has turned the lots into a mob scene, with some electric-vehicle drivers circling the stations desperately for electricity or running extension cords while others hog the charging spaces for weeks at a time.”
No wonder the Libs in CA like gun control when they come up with schemes like this that make even Greenie Weinees crazy.
A ping for the list.
Don’t you mean coal powered cars?
2013 Toyota Corolla, 1.8L, 5-speed manual, regular gasoline.
27 MPG city, 34 MPG highway, 30 MPG combined.
That’s pretty darn good, in my book. The 4-speed automatic, 1.8L, regular gas is 26 MPG city, 34 MPG highway, 29 MPG combined. Not too shabby at all.
Or, 2013 VW Passat Diesel. 2.0L, 4 cyl, 6-speed manual, 31 MPG city, 43 MPG highway, 35 MPG combined. Pretty good, in my opinion.
There’s lots of alternatives out there.
Who woulda thunk something like this would happen?
Here is the TRUE meaning of what Pols are all about.
Buy the overpriced, idiotic (as it is now) electric car, you can charge it at work, municipal parking etc.
Suck ‘em in, PULL THE PLUG....ha ha ha
Not all that many years back East Coast was in the throes of a drought.
Water conservation was the key...DON’T wash cars, DO your laundry at night etc etc etc..
After 6 or so months of compliance, the WATER RATES WENT UP because WE were not using (Paying for) enough of it.
Throw a mileage tax on 50+ MPG vehicles cause they aren’t spending enough at the pump.
In the issue of Armed Guards at Public Schools, saw a letter to the editor....If we can afford to have police sit in speed traps and DUI checkpoints, we can put someone in a Public School, at least rotate them....hmmm(I ‘kinda’ added
Especially since the traps and checkpoints are NOT for revenue).
One of MY “All time favorites”, during a long cold spell in Northeast US, they were pushing for average elec rates, the utilities complied, and for more than a few winters, the utilities ‘took it in the shorts during cold weather’.
Weather broke, had a year of very mild winter (avg billing still in place) and the following year was also mild so the customers SUED over the ‘avg billing’ AND WON. Not sure, but something tells me the Cos may have had to either pay back or credit those that had benefited by the COLD winters.
Not that I disagree with any of the above BUT it sure is nice to point out that once you ‘follow their advice’ they come back to stick it to you.
21 days at $30/day in “short term” parking at LAX ...
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Thats’ abuse of the taxpayers that own LAX.
As a Nissan Leaf owner I don’t think the free parking/charging is the way to go. It will be better if theater, restaurant owners etc. can make a profit off the chargers. Then there will be more of them in convenient locations. I do fine charging mine overnight on regular 110V. By the way I have had my Leaf almost 6 weeks and I must say it is the best car I have ever owned (well since the 1967 VW Bus I had as a teenager anyway). It is fun to drive and feels very refined. The 2013 models coming out will be even better (faster charge and more range). Mitsubishi has a plug in AWD version of the Outlander coming out in 2014. It will go 33 miles on battery alone. You will be able to use that battery power whenever you want and recharge up to 70% while on the freeway. That means you can save the battery power for city driving. Hopefully the battery technology will advance like computers did and we will get something out of the billions of taxpayers dollars spent. Otherwise it will be an awful waste.
I wonder if I could park my gas-engined car in one of those spots and run an extension cable from the charging station into the trunk. Who is to know that it is not a “retro-conversion”? Maybe even put a “Greenie” sticker on the bumper? :-)
Free electricity?
Sounds like a subsidy for the - er... RICH???
state loves it when a plan comes together.
12 miles before switching to gas
lolz
and this makes sense to anyone?