I’ve had my Soul EV for approximately a year now and have driven it for 21,000 km (13,000 miles). After the dream of having an EV being transformed into the daily routine, it’s time to look back and see the good, the bad and the unexpected of this journey.
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Gliding easily down the street with my backpack full of groceries, my e-bicycle from Jetson seemed safe enough. I was biking on a street with sparse traffic flow. The new Jetson Journey Electric Bike whizzed lightly and intuitively down the street on the edge of the slightly gentrifying neighborhood.
Tesla has started rolling out the software update that brings the latest version of Autopilot to its vehicles, including the Navigate on Autopilot feature. This brings the capability to provide driver assistance from the freeway onramp to the freeway offramp.
As some of you know, I recently had to make a trip over to Brussels to provide a presentation at a major EV conference there. Such is the life of an International Gasmobile Troll (agent 043). The most logical way to get home from the airport, of course, was a Tesla Shuttle!
Tesla rolled out version 9.0 of its in-car firmware a few days ago, which included the new Dashcam feature. Dashcam takes advantage of the built-in cameras that come with the car to allow drivers to actively record video onto a properly configured USB drive. As it’s not just plug and play, we will take you through the process of getting the new DashCam setup. Let’s get started!
The Bolt EV was GM’s natural follow-up to the Volt’s pioneering steps into electromobility. With the compact plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) market covered with the Volt, it was time for GM to go after the fully electric (BEV) subcompact segment, and for that, GM teamed up with Korea’s LG. The result was a small yet space-efficient EV with a big, flat roller-skate battery between the wheels and a powerful motor. It was GM’s first BEV-dedicated platform.
I has really happy to get the opportunity to try out the new i3S on my recent trip to the US (many thanks, BMW USA!), as it would give me an opportunity to compare it to the standard i3 I had last year. That was the most fun I ever had with an EV (until this year, that is).
For those of you who have read my other articles, you know we had a Powerwall 2 installed with our solar generation system back in April this year. I was asked to provide my take on how things are going. What was expected, what was unexpected, how it’s been operating overall?
When I saw the new battery option, I knew I needed to update the total cost of ownership (TCO) model for the Model 3 and see how that affects the cost of ownership for potential customers.
