#evcrosscanada — Public Fediverse posts

This article (https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/electric-car-charging-network-canada-marketplace-1.7094656 )
mirrors my experience in 2022 #EVCrossCanada from VI to PEI (chronicled here: https://chrisalemany.ca/2022/08/15/saving-co2-on-a-cross-country-ev-journey/ )

— in particular, some charging networks, like Petro Canada, are horrible. Some are much better. Flo is by far the most reliable across Canada that we found. BC Hydro and Hydro Quebec never let us down either. Electrify Canada and Ivy were pretty good but not perfect.

Imagine going to a gas pump and having a different price from day to day or station to station… not cents... like by 50-100% difference. Imagine if the gas pump just didn't work 10% of the time. Imagine if you had to phone customer support to fill your car?

These are all **WHOLLY AVOIDABLE** barriers that have been put up because Government has allowed the marketplace to figure out car charging on its own.

It will change out of necessity.

#EV #Canada #ClimateAction #EndFossilFuels #LateStageCapitalism #MarketForces #Regulation

This article (https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/electric-car-charging-network-canada-marketplace-1.7094656 )
mirrors my experience in 2022 #EVCrossCanada from VI to PEI (chronicled here: https://chrisalemany.ca/2022/08/15/saving-co2-on-a-cross-country-ev-journey/ )

— in particular, some charging networks, like Petro Canada, are horrible. Some are much better. Flo is by far the most reliable across Canada that we found. BC Hydro and Hydro Quebec never let us down either. Electrify Canada and Ivy were pretty good but not perfect.

Imagine going to a gas pump and having a different price from day to day or station to station… not cents... like by 50-100% difference. Imagine if the gas pump just didn't work 10% of the time. Imagine if you had to phone customer support to fill your car?

These are all **WHOLLY AVOIDABLE** barriers that have been put up because Government has allowed the marketplace to figure out car charging on its own.

It will change out of necessity.

#EV #Canada #ClimateAction #EndFossilFuels #LateStageCapitalism #MarketForces #Regulation

Just found a cool new feature in my car app. It is providing electricity consumption statistics broken down by car subsystem for every trip in the past day. Wish I had had this when we drove across Canada! They should add the temperature outside and in the cabin (it was 6°C out and 19.5°C in)
The attached pic is a short 6km trip around town.
Six minutes.
34Wh for Climate Control.
275Wh for driving
100Wh for accessories
0Wh for Battery Care
and 435Wh Regenerated from braking.
Total energy used 409Wh.
#Hyundai #KonaEV #EVCrossCanada #stats

Just found a cool new feature in my car app. It is providing electricity consumption statistics broken down by car subsystem for every trip in the past day. Wish I had had this when we drove across Canada! They should add the temperature outside and in the cabin (it was 6°C out and 19.5°C in)
The attached pic is a short 6km trip around town.
Six minutes.
34Wh for Climate Control.
275Wh for driving
100Wh for accessories
0Wh for Battery Care
and 435Wh Regenerated from braking.
Total energy used 409Wh.
#Hyundai #KonaEV #EVCrossCanada #stats

2/2 I now had enough info to figure out, with 1400 people total capacity, a per passenger amount of 5.3kgCO2 per trip. Marine engines commonly measure fuel in L/hr. See image descriptions for all stats.
In my #evcrossCanada stats I estimated 45kg for the four of us covering 3 ferry rides (two BCF, one Chi-Cheemaun). New estimate: 69.1kg. In comparison, flying from Nanaimo to YVR produces 15.1kgCO2 per passenger per trip. #countingCO2
cc: @akurjata @CBCCho

2/2 I now had enough info to figure out, with 1400 people total capacity, a per passenger amount of 5.3kgCO2 per trip. Marine engines commonly measure fuel in L/hr. See image descriptions for all stats.
In my #evcrossCanada stats I estimated 45kg for the four of us covering 3 ferry rides (two BCF, one Chi-Cheemaun). New estimate: 69.1kg. In comparison, flying from Nanaimo to YVR produces 15.1kgCO2 per passenger per trip. #countingCO2
cc: @akurjata @CBCCho