The ‘loaner’ August 9, 2012 Today, I dropped the Volt off at the dealership. When we picked it up, we noticed the wheel rims on one side looked scuffed…
First weekend: things learned August 6, 2012 I downloaded the OnStar RemoteLink app for my iPhone. This is pretty sweet! Here’s just some of what it can do: Show MPG, EV…
EV Day! August 3, 2012 My wife, Bonnie called me to say she’d seen disturbing news about the Nissan Leaf. It was widely reported that Leaf owners in Arizona…
Searching & researching August 2, 2012 As you’ll recall from my last blog entry, I had lots of questions about electric vehicles. Well, I got some answers: How far could…
Electric vehicle perhaps? July 27, 2012 I’m not sure how it happened, but surfing Netflix one evening, we came across the documentary, “Who Killed the Electric Car?”. It’s the story…
Car shopping, Round 2 July 20, 2012 One thing that scared me off from the SC430 was that it had a V8 engine and relatively low gas mileage. I realized that…
Old car blues May 1, 2012 The 1999 ES300 I inherited from my wife needed some work and I needed it to last me another two to three years, so…