Electric and Hybrid Car Thread

[TypeRNammer]

Originally Posted by Koflach

I sold it to Canada Drives. They offered me $49k and Tesla offered me around $31k

Wish I knew about this option earlier.

I was interested in the Model Y standard range and was going to trade in the model 3 to Tesla

Only to be offered $31,000 for trade in also.

[M Speed]

Originally Posted by tegra7

For those that have EV chargers installed at home is it worth the rebate that is offered? BC hydro website says "Single-family homes can get a rebate of up to 50% of the purchase and installation costs of an eligible Level 2 EV charger, to a maximum of $350."

Wondering if I should just install a NEMA 14-50 and use my portable charger and call it a day.

All depends how much you drive. Some can live with just 110V overnight charging. Some would say 32A is too slow. Some have chargers at work.

On the flip side, a charging station is an investment even if you sell your house. Just wish Zap was still around for a free charger...it was a great option while it lasted.

[SumAznGuy]

Originally Posted by M Speed

All depends how much you drive. Some can live with just 110V overnight charging. Some would say 32A is too slow. Some have chargers at work.

On the flip side, a charging station is an investment even if you sell your house. Just wish Zap was still around for a free charger...it was a great option while it lasted.

I kinda wish the other EV charging thread was merged with this as it is related but whatever.

I only use 110V to charge my Leaf every night. A good 7-8 hrs of charging every night is more then enough for my daily commute and evening travels to run errands.

Curious how many ppl think 32A is too slow.

Honestly with how many chargers are available, I don't even bring my charger with me when I go out. And this is on my 40 kwh Leaf.

[JDMDreams]

On a base model 3 at these temperature I think max charge rate is about 8 km an hour. I think it dropped down to 5 km an hour when we had that cold snap last winter. This is on 120v house hold outlet. So let's say an over night charge of 10 hours will get you 80 km

[Koflach]

Has anyone ever heard of a Skywell Imperium SUV before? I saw one in Langley this morning on 200th going northbound at 72nd. It had California plates which i'm guessing meant they were manufacturer plates but why would this thing be up here when I can't find anything about it being for sale in Canada?

[M Speed]

Originally Posted by SumAznGuy

I kinda wish the other EV charging thread was merged with this as it is related but whatever.

I only use 110V to charge my Leaf every night. A good 7-8 hrs of charging every night is more then enough for my daily commute and evening travels to run errands.

Curious how many ppl think 32A is too slow.

Honestly with how many chargers are available, I don't even bring my charger with me when I go out. And this is on my 40 kwh Leaf.

for smaller batteries, 110V isn't too bad. It can fully charge in 24hrs. Same goes for 32A charging. But once you hit the bigger batteries, that will be consider slow. Also bigger batteries like Tesla, people might not charge on a daily basis so they wanted to fill the car within 1 charge and leave it for a few days.

I don't carry my charger with me. There are enough DCFC in a pinch or Level 2 are readily available within the city.

[Manic!]

Originally Posted by Koflach

Has anyone ever heard of a Skywell Imperium SUV before? I saw one in Langley this morning on 200th going northbound at 72nd. It had California plates which i'm guessing meant they were manufacturer plates but why would this thing be up here when I can't find anything about it being for sale in Canada?

Looks it's a company that imports EV's from China. Looks like they are only taking pre orders right now. They could be in Canada to shoot an ad. Rivian was in Tofino to shoot a commercial.


https://www.imperiummotorcompany.com...&video=2f2c4f8

[GLOW]

wouldn't service/repair be very difficult in canada?

[tegra7]

Anyone here selling 2021 Model 3 18" aero wheels? Looking for a pair, maybe full set for the right price

[Araaadi]

Originally Posted by tegra7

Anyone here selling 2021 Model 3 18" aero wheels? Looking for a pair, maybe full set for the right price

If you find a set without those covers, you can have my covers for free. Sold the car last month and left covers in storage.

[Koflach]

Originally Posted by tegra7

Anyone here selling 2021 Model 3 18" aero wheels? Looking for a pair, maybe full set for the right price

I have a full set of 18" wheels and tires from my 2021 M3 AWD. The tires have maybe 300 km on them. Shoot me an offer.

[freakshow]

Originally Posted by SumAznGuy

Curious how many ppl think 32A is too slow.

I don't really see how 32A can be considered too low for home charging.

I usually charge the car when it hits the ~35% range, and there's plenty of time to get back to 'full' overnight (~90%). So on a 70kwh battery, thats 5.5h at 32A and on a 100kwh battery, its under 8h.

[asian_XL]

lol, I see no love to the Model 3 stock rims. FB is flooded with brand new 18 and 19.
In Hong Kong, a set of new 18 with tires are only $350, 19 with tires are $650, 20 with tires are like $2000.

When I picked up my car at tesla, first place to go was to swap those silly looking 18s with 20s

[JDMDreams]

^ do you lose a lot of range? And any idea how the fitment is? I have a set of staggered 19s 9.5" and 10.5" sitting around and wondering if it will fit. They don't have tpms though, so I don't know if it will freak out the car

[SumAznGuy]

Originally Posted by JDMDreams

^ do you lose a lot of range? And any idea how the fitment is? I have a set of staggered 19s 9.5" and 10.5" sitting around and wondering if it will fit. They don't have tpms though, so I don't know if it will freak out the car

3 things to keep in mind.
- Surface area of the front tires. The wider tires will have a marginal negative effect on efficiency.
- Open wheel design means more turbulence so decreased efficiency
- Wider tires mean more friction so decreased efficiency.

Expect about a 5% loss.

I am running a 25mm spacer and RE71R tires on my Leaf and that about what I saw.
My RE71R's are slightly shorter than the stock tires so that also affected my car's efficiency.

Originally Posted by M Speed

for smaller batteries, 110V isn't too bad. It can fully charge in 24hrs. Same goes for 32A charging. But once you hit the bigger batteries, that will be consider slow. Also bigger batteries like Tesla, people might not charge on a daily basis so they wanted to fill the car within 1 charge and leave it for a few days.

I don't carry my charger with me. There are enough DCFC in a pinch or Level 2 are readily available within the city.

I guess it really all depends on the owners and every case is different.
I mostly commute to and from work (35 kms) and running around town on the weekends.
I am averaging close to 30K km's per year before the pandemic.
Never really had any issues plugging in the car at 110V overnight.

AGain, if I had a Tesla with the 100 KWH battery, I'd still be plugging it in every other or third night.

Yesterday, I left the house with 85% battery. Went to work then to Richmond after work and made it home without having to charge my Leaf.
8 hrs of charge over night and I will have more then enough charge to go to work and even run into Vancouver if I need to.

[JDMDreams]

^ what about your electric bill? I'm trying to calculate how much it will cost to charge every night but obviously that's impossible cuz I can't isolate the usage on just the car

[radeonboy]

Thinking of making the jump to a RAV4 Prime. Does anyone have an idea what the wait is like for those right now?

[SumAznGuy]

Originally Posted by JDMDreams

^ what about your electric bill? I'm trying to calculate how much it will cost to charge every night but obviously that's impossible cuz I can't isolate the usage on just the car

It's roughly $0.14 cents a KWH. Say I average 12 KWH of power, that's $1.68 of power every work night.
But then all the other house hold energy I would consume would be at the higher rate as well.

Either way, it's still going to be cheaper than gasoline.

[BIC_BAWS]

Originally Posted by radeonboy

Thinking of making the jump to a RAV4 Prime. Does anyone have an idea what the wait is like for those right now?

As of a week ago, 2 years.

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[radeonboy]

Originally Posted by BIC_BAWS

As of a week ago, 2 years.

Sent from my SM-G781W using Tapatalk

Holy smokes....I figured it was more like 6-12 months, but 2 years is a bit much

[MG1]

Originally Posted by JDMDreams

^ what about your electric bill? I'm trying to calculate how much it will cost to charge every night but obviously that's impossible cuz I can't isolate the usage on just the car

You can, sort of. Go to the Hydro website to see your consumption data. Go into hourly view. Figure out when you started charging and see the spike(s) in usage. Your consumption prior and after charging should give you a rough estimate of how much extra electricity you used over that time. Did that even make any sense? It's 4:00 am. Need sleep...........

The hourly view has how much it cost each hour. To go into hourly view, just click on the day you want to view on the graph. As you mouse over each hour, the amount of and cost of that hour is displayed. I go into previous year comparison mode just to see how much I saved last year by charging at fast charging stations when they were free. I cry each time I go into compare usage with similar homes in the neighbourhood, mode. Frick, you'd figure I had a grow op or something.

[whitev70r]

Is this true?

Twitter

[bcuzracecarz]

wouldn't doubt it, long weekends are not a time I would want to be driving an EV on a trip

[twitchyzero]

model 3 meet

[MarkyMark]

When you order a Tesla is white the only free colour choice or something? I don't think I've ever seen a specific brand sell so exclusively in one colour.