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AND, agree to their terms of service. Which they can change.

Man, those dimples are repulsive :shock:

Yes it is, of course. Utilities are natural monopolies. They own it, not you -sorry. Many years ago I lived in a townhouse with assigned parking. I owned two spots, now 10 or so hours a day my cars were not in those spots. Was it ok for someone else to use my spot without my permission if it...

Well said. Look, when it cost 50k+ and hardly anyone could do it to install solar on your house net metering was great idea that provided some incentive for the early adopters. It won't last forever because it is not fair. At some point it will change, maybe soon or maybe in 10 years but it...

errr, you used what you 'didn't use' and 'sold them' the excess you over generated so you could time shift it to later in the day not not pay for what you use later. Additionally, you are avoiding the cost required to avoid this whole issue entirely. Which is, you could install a battery at...

Stranded investment I believe is the term for CAPEX not yet paid back by ongoing revenue when some market force changes. Recovering stranded investment is a valid reason to change rates on current customers of a monopolist to make up the difference.

There would be no difference. The power company would raise their rates or go bankrupt, it is a monopoly. When the NIMBY's and the state caused the Shorham nuclear plant to shutdown shortly after it's first startup on Long Island NY in the 80's (? might have been late 70's?) the rate payers...

The rates were originally set to pay costs, recover capital investment and provide a profit for each Kw sold. If a large percentage of customers generate their own power when the sun is up you've removed the ability to recover capex and make a small profit on those Kw's thereby shifting those...

For some odd reason, the address of the page is unpasteable. If you paste it an click the browser is redirected to the $399 evsw :roll:

That rental is pretty intriguing. Good way to try it out before you blow 4 grand.

Sounds doubtful @75, the 2000 foot (nearly) altitude gain is going to kill you at high speed.

Slightly venting or leaking lithium cells I've experienced smell sort of sweet, not really foul or burnt at all. I would assume I-Miev cells would be similar.

Release lever will be on the floor to the left of the driver seat.

https://www.seatbeltplanet.com/seatbelts-and-accessories/2-pt-non-retractable-lap-belts/m.products/123/view/5 clip on to the child seat loops, there are two between the seat bottom and seat back.

Came across a Smart for 2 Electric today on the road, I was in the center and he was in the right lane. Pretty unusual to see another EV in these parts :D

Personally, I would not generalize at all. Any car whether BEV or PHEV with a J1772 socket has just as much right to use the public charging infrastructure as any other. Just come back to move it when you have what you need and don't use it as a parking spot if you are not going to charge.

I would guess the prices are now holding steady or trending up slightly because the flood of 3 year lease returns is over. Now they are just changing hands as second owners move on. There were never that many of them to begin with and since they tend to be silly low mileage and well cared for...

Never mind, I see they have 'upgrade' the cheap model and raised the price :D

Since when do they not have 24 kw batteries? The lowest trim level 2016 comes with 24 Kw, 30Kw in the more expensive trims.

I would guess there is only around a thousand watts of heat available on average less whatever the airflow through the motor compartment takes away which might be considerable. Say 1/2 goes to the air, 500 watts remaining which is not much. How'd I get that? 16 Kw in the battery, it would take...