Recent content by hcsharp

According to the EPA the Energi consumes about 20% more electricity per mile. Sorry I over-estimated at 30%.

Most Plugshare sites are 208 or 240v. You can filter the view to eliminate the 120v outlets. We often make trips beyond the range of the FFE. You just need to have a backup for each place you plan to charge. Your assessment of owning a Tesla vs PHEV misses a few points. First, after driving...

This mentality is fairly pervasive among PHEV drivers. I applaud your strong desire to avoid burning gas. I certainly can't blame you for using stations that are almost never used, and therefore not really needed by other EVs. In the probable future when a lot more all-electric vehicles will...

Over on the Tesla forum this subject naturally comes up now and then. Tesla has a program where they offer a free charging station to qualified retail businesses and hotels if they will pay to install it. Since those chargers are usually 80A the question came up regarding how much new charging...

At that price I wonder how much Ford is losing on each sale.

It's your imagination. The owners' manual says the only difference is regen braking is stronger in L.

Oops. Sorry for posting the same info again! It's interesting having an 18 yr old around. We recently went away for the weekend and left him with the FFE. We told him he could only take it to work and back and ride his bike everywhere else. We charged it full and took the cable with us (so he...

My son (age 18) ran ours down to 0 miles and kept driving just shy of 2 miles before pulling into our driveway. He had some up-hill and some down, but overall he finished at a higher elevation. But don't count on this. Others have gone less than a half mile before it shut down.

It's extremely rare since the recall to update firmware. I wouldn't worry about it. I don't doubt dnkoester is having a problem but it's quite unusual.

Congrats!

You're hitting the wrong button on your keyboard (or calculator). To get watt-seconds you take the watt-hours and divide by 60 and then divide by 60 again.

My wife drove through 8" of snow today most of the way to work. She could feel it under the car. Since she was basically plowing snow the whole time, sometimes it came up over the bumper and just kind of flowed over the windshield, forcing her to slow to a crawl. It's better than any...

I stand corrected. I was basing my observations on the Volts that I'm familiar with, both of which use about 370 Wh/mi in EV mode during the summer. Our FFE uses about 260 Wh/mi in similar conditions (Volt = 43% higher). The EPA 5-cycle estimate for the Volt is 360 Wh/mi (350 for 2013) while the...

@ashuri, I'm glad you're happy but I can't help but wonder if you aren't a little math challenged (maybe a lot). The Cayman is a sweet car for sure but have you had to pay for any of that Porsche maintenance yet? Over the life of your loan it will probably be more than you're saving on your new...

The FFE is excellent in snow and ice with the right tires. I also pass SUVs when they're losing traction on a regular basis, although it's not as good as my son's Subaru All-Track. The traction control is WAY more responsive than the gas Focus, and much better than the Prius which just gives up...