Recent content by jdorff

Bjørn Nyland has discussed this on his You Tube channel. A wet road increases the rolling resistance of the tires. There is a research paper (*) I found online with real data. A few quotes: "At 80 km/h, 0.65-mm thick water film increases rolling resistance by over 50%," "The increase of rolling...

OK, cool. I'll "run away". Their "Internet price" is $29.2K then minus $3.35K dealer incentive, then a reduction of $850 to get to $25K.

$25K before tax incentive. I will only get the Federal incentive, so net cost of $17.5K

So I'm working on buying a 2017 FFE w/o leather from an out of state dealer. Current dealer offer is $25K, then I pay for shipping and sales tax in my home state. I would qualify for the Fed $7.5k tax credit, but my state has no additional incentives. Any thoughts on the price? I leased a...

Any updates?

I have 37K miles on my 2013 FFE. I reset the trip meter every morning at full charge. I get about ~15.5-16 kWh before it's depleted . I've hit the "Depleted Battery Stop Safely now" message twice recently, but managed to coast home. I wish I had known about the kWh setting on the trip computer...

My FFE lease ends in Jan 2016. I'm hoping for good news from the auto shows. The Leaf will probably have 110 miles / 30kWh in some trims, but I don't really like the Leaf. The i3 is very quick and I like the driving and feel, but it's expensive and has conspicuous styling. The e-Golf has the...

Last paragraph in this article http://www.autoblog.com/2014/04/09/2015-ford-focus-sedan-new-york-official/

So I drove my FFE through southern urban snow gridlock. Stats: 1h 50m to drive 14 miles from downtown Durham to RTP 600 Wh / mile with lights on, heat on, heated seats on, wipers on. Total trip was 8.5 kWh Background info...

Anyone know what a 3.3kWh 240V 16AMP Level 2 will do in terms of cabin pre-heat ? Something like the Aerovironment TurboCord or Bosch Power Max 16A.

Hey now, I take my kids to preschool and kindergarten every weekday and we are perfectly warm and safe. The kids love "charge up car" and they love plugging it in and watching the ring glow.

Came across this a few weeks ago. The white one is mine.