adric22
Well-known member
I just thought I'd share this, as I know a while back this was a topic of discussion at one point. Last Tuesday evening I was having some irregular heart beats and I was sort of freaking out and decided I wanted to go to the E.R. I was home from work, my wife just arrived. The Leaf had about 70% charge and my wife's Volt was totally depleted. To make matters more interesting, our internet service had just gone out. We know where some hospitals are about 20-30 minutes North of us. However, my wife was telling me there was a brand new hospital about 10-15 minutes South of us. The trouble is, she didn't know exactly what road it was on or anything about it. Nor could we use the internet to look it up. I looked for it on google-maps on my iPhone but did not see anything, but she was sure it was there.
The Leaf had enough juice to get us to either hospital and back, but I wasn't sure it would be enough to go South and then possibly NOT find the place or it turn out not to be the type of hospital we needed, and have to drive all the way back and go to the one North of us.
So when it came time to pick a car, I picked the Volt even though it meant driving on I.C.E.
And so I guess the moral of the story is, if you have a Leaf or other BEV it might be a good idea to know which hospital you would go to in an emergency and know how far away it is, especially if it is your only car.
To follow up, we did find the closer hospital without issue and obviously I didn't die. They ran every conceivable test and said there was nothing medically wrong with me, I was just having heart palpitations and to go home and follow up with regular doctor.
The Leaf had enough juice to get us to either hospital and back, but I wasn't sure it would be enough to go South and then possibly NOT find the place or it turn out not to be the type of hospital we needed, and have to drive all the way back and go to the one North of us.
So when it came time to pick a car, I picked the Volt even though it meant driving on I.C.E.
And so I guess the moral of the story is, if you have a Leaf or other BEV it might be a good idea to know which hospital you would go to in an emergency and know how far away it is, especially if it is your only car.
To follow up, we did find the closer hospital without issue and obviously I didn't die. They ran every conceivable test and said there was nothing medically wrong with me, I was just having heart palpitations and to go home and follow up with regular doctor.