Electric Pickup?
???? What good's a pickup if you can't haul anything in the bed. Truck Camper owners ?? Not for U, for sure. https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/7/20953718/gm-chevy-c-10-e-10-electric-pickup-sema-2...
Forum Discussion
wilber1 wrote:
When I look at a map of charge stations in our province there seems to be a reasonable number in many areas but when I look at them individually, many have just one outlet. There was a segment on the news a week or so ago about charger rage becoming an issue. People deliberately unplugging vehicles that were already charging or plugging their vehicle in then walking away and leaving it for extended periods.
True dat. The rage generally is caused by bad etiquette on the part of drivers. Some EV drivers will just park at a charger and not even plug in. Others bugger off and leave it connected for 8 hours when all they need is 2 hours to full charge (talking level 2 here). Tesla doesn't have as much of a problem on their superchargers as the driver gets charged idle fees once it is full. As well, people need to be reminded that is at all possible you charge at home. This will get sorted out with software and billing eventually but there is a learning curve for drivers as well.
BC is doing well with their infrastructure buildout. Next summer should see the corridor to Bellacoola completed as then the province is mostly covered for the short term. After that it is a matter of twinning a lot of the sites. There hasn't been anywhere we haven't been able to go yet but we have a trip planned up through Bella Coola and the north west section of the province for 2021. The kootenays group has done a real good job over the last year. BC hydro has also been pretty good with outages. Lots of new DCFC stations coming on line between now and next summer.
The worst ones are the ICE vehicles that park at charge points. Germany has much stricter laws than we presently do.
