Nice....
I notice it's on the street. Do you have a long e3ntension cord to plug it to charge it?
I was looking at the VW's a couple of weeks ago and learned VM stopped making EV/Hybrids. THey are now only making 100% electric. Won't work for me as I would need a charge-up to get home on some of my trips.
it sleeps in the garage. Right now it's having to make do with the supplied 1kVA charger, but I have all the bits for an OpenEVSE, and already dropped in a 240/30A circuit in the garage to plug that into. I'm going to film the OpenEVSE assembly, and I'll put it on YouTube.
VW are pretty paranoid right now about overstating things, so while they advertise "201km range" , it said 235km remaining when I left the dealership, and still said 220km when I got home (which was 20km later). I'll update with some real-world running information once we have a better idea of how it's all working out. Given premium gasoline just hit C$1.80/litre here, I'm not going to miss the fillups, given electricity is only 8½ cents/kWh. That means it should cost around C$3 to fill it from completely empty
Thanks for sharing. My wife has a Volt. As much as I dislike American car companies, I have to admit the Volt is a very well designed and built car. I never thought I would ever recommend someone to buy a GM car, but I would recommend getting a volt. Now that I've driven an electric car I can't wait to get rid of my ICE and go electric. I'm convinced hybrid plug-in is the way to go.
Hope you like you car.
You are paying C$1.80/litre? Crud is my math right? at $1.80/L that would be 6.84/gallon? Wow..... And then to covert the to USD (1.2) that would be $5.70 in USD. Is that right? I thought you Canadians had a lot of petroleum.
You have us beat on the electricty prices. We are paying $0.45 kWhr for peak (2-9pm) and $0.12 for off-peak/night time. (11pm - 7 am).
I would be intersted in seeing your video on OpenEVSE. I installed 2 - 220v 50a circuits in my garage. Purcahsed a Clipper Creek charger. (+1)
How's the software on the VW? Volt has it so you can program charging times. It also used GPS cordinates so the Volt knows when you are charging at your home. GM also has pretty good app for iPhone and Andriod to monitor the car, unlock doors, etc.