EV Burnaby to The Okanagan Trip Update
My colleague updated me as to his travels.....
Left Burnaby with a full charge... Topped up at the DC @ Langley Event Center...
Topped up to full in Hope...
Dead battery at Comstock, towed in to Merritt visitor center, recharged at the DC...
Kelowna...
I wasn't driving it myself, but was told that the speed limit was adhered to... There was about 400 lbs of equipment loaded in the vehicle as well.
To me it's hard to gauge if anything else could have been done to maximize charge like ride the brake a little more downhill to get the...
Hey folks...
Well we did a test run of the Coquihalla today with our Nissan Leaf.....
We left downtown Hope on a full charge, sad to say that the battery died just before Comstock Road, only 15km south of Merritt.....
We will continue to do more testing at different speeds to see if it...
Looks to be some movement with The Langley Event Centre charge station....
I Drove past the other day and BC Hydro trucks were parked in the front pull-out on 200th working on
what looks like a charge station on the grassy area right in front of a couple parking stalls....
FINGERS CROSSED...
You don't think it would do it eh? My concern is snowshed hill, but figured with the braking/coasting it would re-charge enough to get into Merritt....
Although that is the risk taker in my talking, probably cuz I have tow trucks at my finger tips "just in-case"... =)
I was out there a couple weeks back around 11pm with a severely low battery (20km) and had to get back to Burnaby...
Google'd and found vague info about the Event Center so took a drive through the lot a couple times (down to 17km) and
decided to make the trek back to Burnaby...
At Hwy 1 &...
Please look at the first post.
You will find status of all stations..
Oh I did read it.. The thread is 2 months old.. Lots can happen in 2 months, Or if you're talking government, nothing can also happen in 2 months.. =)
Was just looking for an update if there is one..
I keep the list...
Oh I did read it.. The thread is 2 months old.. Lots can happen in 2 months, Or if you're talking government, nothing can also happen in 2 months.. =)
Was just looking for an update if there is one..