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Old 04-12-2021, 11:27 AM   #521
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I would be for a straight KM used cost - kind of like how you claim vehicle expenses but in reverse. Say 5 cents a KM or something.

This could be done in the background and you are sent a bill once a year / month for your cars usage. Destination information could be stripped out of the info stream and you are just charged on Raw KMs.

Problem I see with the above is when you are registered in SK but drive in AB does your tax money go to SK or do we need to tag mileage used with location and the money dispersed that way?
Yeah the advantage of the fuel surcharge is that likely most of the mileage driven using that fuel would be in the province where it was sold (except for possibly fuel sold at cities/towns near a border - but likely you'd get similar amounts of traffic going in each direction so it probably balances out).

One possibility is to make it so that all faster chargers require metering and a road surcharge tagged on to electricity used by fast chargers. I can't really see it being possible to meter trickle-charging out of 120V wall outlets, but I imagine that the % of people using that might be small enough for it to not matter too much.

Otherwise, doing an annual charge based on vehicle weight and mileage might work well enough (could even be done at the same time as vehicle registration, just for the previous year driven). While you might have some issue with people registering a car in one province and driving most of their miles in another, I'm not sure if it's a big enough % of the population to matter. As long as you are required to register your car in your province of residence (I'm assuming most people drive most of their miles in the province that they live in, but haven't done anything to check that assumption).

I do wonder if commercial vehicles already have the information available to be able to report how much mileage they incur in different places - since I've heard that like 90%+ of road wear is due to trucks.
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Old 04-28-2021, 08:20 AM   #522
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I knew there were lots of EV's coming but seeing them all in one list...wow. Now, probably half of these won't happen, but still.


https://www.caranddriver.com/news/g2...c-cars-trucks/
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Old 04-28-2021, 09:35 AM   #523
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That Bollinger B1

*chef's kiss*
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Old 04-28-2021, 09:44 AM   #524
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That Bollinger B1

*chef's kiss*

Was it built from Meccano?
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Old 04-28-2021, 09:58 AM   #525
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Who cares I'd drive it
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Old 04-28-2021, 10:49 AM   #526
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Who cares I'd drive it

I am sure the wind noise would be wonderful.
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Old 04-28-2021, 12:38 PM   #527
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Those Bollinger trucks look like they're from a Lego set. For $125,000, it shouldn't look that stupid.

Also, no airbags, low tow capacity (compared to other trucks), 200 mile range when city driving (less for highway, and less for towing), no interior. I honestly have no idea what demographic they're targeting. Probably EV enthusiasts with too much money.
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Old 04-28-2021, 01:13 PM   #528
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Those Bollinger trucks look like they're from a Lego set. For $125,000, it shouldn't look that stupid.

Also, no airbags, low tow capacity (compared to other trucks), 200 mile range when city driving (less for highway, and less for towing), no interior. I honestly have no idea what demographic they're targeting. Probably EV enthusiasts with too much money.
Yeah none of these are problems except for the airbag and the price. Then again you're driving the equivalent of a box-shaped tank so the latter points aren't even that unrealistic.
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Old 05-03-2021, 07:19 AM   #529
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Still the biggest hurdle to widespread EV use.

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Roughly one in five plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) owners switched back to owning gas-powered cars, in large part because charging the batteries was a pain in the… trunk, the researchers found.
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Curious for anyone who bought a new home in the past year or two..did they put a 50A outlet in the garage? If it's a double garage, did they give you 2? This seems like the type of thing that should be done by default, or even mandated.
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Curious for anyone who bought a new home in the past year or two..did they put a 50A outlet in the garage? If it's a double garage, did they give you 2? This seems like the type of thing that should be done by default, or even mandated.
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Well if not included, has anyone buying a newer home opted for it? Just curious if there has been much foresight for this. It's a lot easier to do at the build phase.
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I knew there were lots of EV's coming but seeing them all in one list...wow. Now, probably half of these won't happen, but still.


https://www.caranddriver.com/news/g2...c-cars-trucks/
It took me a minute to get used to it, but I kinda like the Canoo truck

https://www.canoo.com/pickup/
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Well if not included, has anyone buying a newer home opted for it? Just curious if there has been much foresight for this. It's a lot easier to do at the build phase.
I just built a Jayman and an electric vehicle plug in is standard, along with 6 solar panels on the roof (~200$/yr back from the grid).

I'm sure all the companies will have them standard right away here.
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The award for most insane electric vehicle goes to:



Zero to sixty in about 3 seconds for a vehicle that size is insane. That's a battering ram heading down the streets. In the hands of the drivers this thing is likely to attract, it's a serious issue.
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Old 05-08-2021, 12:13 AM   #536
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Zero to sixty in 3 seconds with a 40" screen in the dash...what could go wrong
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https://twitter.com/user/status/1391785101328011269


The Ugly Cyberduck could be DOA if this thing lives up to F150 sales...
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Well if not included, has anyone buying a newer home opted for it? Just curious if there has been much foresight for this. It's a lot easier to do at the build phase.
Trico does a single rough in for 240/40a. I'm looking at adding a second one.

I have no desire to ever use it, but easier to future proof now.
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This is why I'm waiting for more traditional car makers to release EV vehicles before jumping on that bandwagon

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