Kataphn
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Heading there today so I thought I would start a thread for any posting by forum attendees on impressions, likes/dislikes.
rumpole said:Photos people, photos! Especially of the ev's
Also, any indication of DC L3 charging of the Chevy Spark? The LA Times had a picture of the Spark's charge port:
mwalsh said:rumpole said:Photos people, photos! Especially of the ev's
Also, any indication of DC L3 charging of the Chevy Spark? The LA Times had a picture of the Spark's charge port:
That two-pin, sausage-like shaped part of the port, below the standard round J1772 connection...that's for DCQC.
So i3 can't compete in the luxury segment ?Boomer23 said:Infiniti is showing the LE Concept EV with the doors open these days, and it looks super-inviting. But they really need a real-world 150 miles to compete in the luxury segment, and battery chemistry and TMS improvements if they want to attract my dollars
I believe that he meant to say that the Infinity will have to contend with the base Model S, and the i3 will the fully the loaded Leaf or a Volt as competitors, assuming comparable pricing for these vehicles.evnow said:So i3 can't compete in the luxury segment ?Boomer23 said:Infiniti is showing the LE Concept EV with the doors open these days, and it looks super-inviting. But they really need a real-world 150 miles to compete in the luxury segment, and battery chemistry and TMS improvements if they want to attract my dollars
evnow said:So i3 can't compete in the luxury segment ?Boomer23 said:Infiniti is showing the LE Concept EV with the doors open these days, and it looks super-inviting. But they really need a real-world 150 miles to compete in the luxury segment, and battery chemistry and TMS improvements if they want to attract my dollars
surfingslovak said:I believe that he meant to say that the Infinity will have to contend with the base Model S, and the i3 will the fully the loaded Leaf or a Volt as competitors, assuming comparable pricing for these vehicles.evnow said:So i3 can't compete in the luxury segment ?Boomer23 said:Infiniti is showing the LE Concept EV with the doors open these days, and it looks super-inviting. But they really need a real-world 150 miles to compete in the luxury segment, and battery chemistry and TMS improvements if they want to attract my dollars
I agree with you about the need for a 6.6kW charger, but I suspect the primary reason GM used it was because it's the same one used in the Volt, keeping costs down. It undoubtedly makes sense from the standpoint of GM bean-counters, but at least in the short-medium term it will, as you state, limit the car's utility in areas without SAE QC networks. 3.3 is adequate for overnight charging, but not for away from home or spontaneous charging.Boomer23 said:<snip>
The Spark disappoints me in its 3.3 kW charger, but the reported 400 lbft of torque surely sounds exciting. Will Chevy bring that much torque to the car at production release, or will they tune it down for durability? I found the interior of the ICE version to consist of very light weight and cheap-feeling plastics, but the design details were mostly pleasing. In fitting the 3.3 kW charger, Chevy must have been thinking that the SAE combo DC charging option makes a faster L2 charger less needed. I disagree. L2 is going to be much more widely available than DCQC, and it will take some time before the first SAE combo chargers appear.
Boomer23 said:But considered more fundamentally, I see the i3 as a quick, light, agile and efficient offering, so it attracts me based on those attributes, while I see the Infiniti as a luxed-up version of the LEAF, and if it only offers the current LEAF battery pack, with slight but not fundamental improvements to chemistry and temp control, the package doesn't attract me as much as the BMW does. I must admit that I started losing interest in the Infniti when the LEAFs started losing driving range at such early ages last summer. Quoting the exact same pack size as the LEAF's, and with Nissan not revealing anything substantive about new battery technology, I lost enthusiasm for the LE.
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