Posts by chrisale@mstdn.ca
(DIR) Post #ARYUPsocDQ8Y7u8Wq8 by chrisale@mstdn.ca
2023-01-11T21:10:18Z
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38/ One last charge in a giant shopping mall parking lot in Moncton (FLO 37KW 57m 24-80%) and it was across the Confederation Bridge and onto Prince Edward Island! We made it! No 120V plug at this campsite, but we traded that for an amazing beachfront view!! The next morning we caught a small charge at an L2 courtesy of Parks Canada and Anne of Green Gables (8KW 35m 38-50%). We spent a few days wandering around PEI. It was pretty great. No trailer needed, so a little extra range.#EVCrossCanada
(DIR) Post #ARYUPue3PesRnjD7ei by chrisale@mstdn.ca
2023-01-11T21:23:48Z
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39/ That’s as far East as we went in #EVCrossCanada. We explored a good chunk of PEI and even got to charge using only the power of the wind at the lighthouse on the north tip! (7KW 33m 40-50%) It’s a shame there wasn’t one at the south tip as well because it definitely had wind! PEI was pretty good for chargers. Nothing is very far, so there were enough fast chargers (all Flo) to go around.
(DIR) Post #ARYUPwM33Zf96Snlrs by chrisale@mstdn.ca
2023-01-11T21:48:08Z
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40/ I’ll leave it there for today. To the campground in PEI our stats from BC were:8629km driven1739kWh charged4d 11hr charging341kg CO2 emitted (mostly AB/SK/NB)$565 spentOh and about 7 National Parks! We have an amazing country.Tomorrow I’ll tell you about the way back. It won’t be this long. But… we do have stories :)Note: These pictures are not of the same beach, truly coast to coast. :)#EVCrossCanada #LongBeach #Cavendish
(DIR) Post #ARYZ722z2DcNvhjZMu by chrisale@mstdn.ca
2023-01-12T05:03:04Z
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@saskboy awesome! Great photo log. And lots of familiar places!
(DIR) Post #ARZonqO7x2Nih0SLE8 by chrisale@mstdn.ca
2023-01-12T17:30:27Z
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41/ Let’s continue! #EVCrossCanadaThis thread focuses on the challenges of a family road trip across Canada in an EV pulling a trailer. We are now heading west, homeward. We started July 11 on Vancouver Island, it’s now July 30 and we’re leaving amazing PEI (with its quite adequate EV charging infrastructure!) behind. The goal today: Quebec City. It won’t be without challenge but we’re pretty confident now in our ability to gauge distance, charge, and time.We start of course, at sunrise.
(DIR) Post #ARZons3zirSvt93I7k by chrisale@mstdn.ca
2023-01-12T18:02:12Z
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42/ With no power at the campsite in Cavendish, we couldn’t top up overnight. We had done plenty of sightseeing so the car was at 50%. Not quite enough to get to the nearest off-Island charger in Shediac NB 80km away. Nearest fast charger was 40km away in Borden (at the bridge) so we could charge on the way in the morning but we would rather get more km in, so I went to Borden (a perfect charging location btw) before bed (FLO 45KW 42m 35%-80%) and back. We left with 72%, enough. #EVCrossCanada
(DIR) Post #ARZonu1aQmjByFwOeG by chrisale@mstdn.ca
2023-01-12T18:10:34Z
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43/ Shediac was cool. It’s got the biggest lobster in Canada, so how could it not be cool? Charger was right downtown and well placed in a parking lot. Near a park with public bathrooms! Reminded me of Hope, but earlier in the morning and better. (Flo 45kw 30m 25-80%). Were it not for some major road/bridge construction we would have been able to properly explore while charging but as it turned out we visited the giant lobster after charging, which set us back on time a little. #EVCrossCanada
(DIR) Post #ARZonvnposurUBWRUW by chrisale@mstdn.ca
2023-01-12T18:25:49Z
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44/ Now let's get to the drama of the day! We have family around Miramichi, NB so we made a point of heading north along the coast to that town. The charger was in a HUGE, hot, mall parking lot.. with nothing else around. Yuck. There was only one fast and one L2 port. The fast was busy. So we used the L2 first (FLO 7KW 22m 28-35%). I waited at the car so I could plug the fast plug in as soon as the other person returned. #EVCrossCanada
(DIR) Post #ARZonx9qmW7XgkpXRg by chrisale@mstdn.ca
2023-01-12T18:29:15Z
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45/ When the (Quebecois) lady finally returned she had a story about a recent time at a charger in Quebec when she had plugged in, she left while it charged, and when she came back someone had UNPLUGGED her car BEFORE it was done and plugged in theirs! Apparently they didn’t even apologize, they just finished their charge and left. RUDE! So… I’m sure that’ll be a thing when we are all driving EVs. 😬 #EVCrossCanada
(DIR) Post #ARZonyXzcF1hzv8KiO by chrisale@mstdn.ca
2023-01-12T18:36:43Z
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46/ It turned out there was quite a lineup at this charger. While we were charging another Quebec couple pulled up and waited for us. Unfortunately we needed every electron we could to make it across the Province to Grand Falls (the Irving truck stop!) and the Trans Canada! The car stopped charging at 93%. Should be enough. (FLO 45KW 1h 14m 35-93%). We spent almost two hours at this stop. That’s a lot. Mainly because there was only one fast port. #EVCrossCanada
(DIR) Post #ARZonykkqnEcdV6Wbg by chrisale@mstdn.ca
2023-01-12T19:24:10Z
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46/ Next up… the famous (in New Brunswick anyway) Plaster Rock road. A 150km stretch of rough pavement and gravel connecting the coast to the interior. 213km between EV chargers. After visiting family and seeing their old cabin on the Miramichi, we struck out. No cell service and no electricity was a little intimidating but no trouble. We rolled into the same Irving Station truck stop in Grand Falls, and this time the restaurant was open! (43KW 1h 4m 24-81%) #EVCrossCanada
(DIR) Post #ARZopRHqFTB5QBHDfs by chrisale@mstdn.ca
2023-01-12T17:14:50Z
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The relaxing of betting rules in 2021 and the explosion of ads has made watching Sports broadcasts in Canada just an exercise in going from one betting ad to the next, both in and out of the program.It’s horrible. It ruins the games, is dangerous socially, and is just plain gross. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sports-betting-gambling-ads-gretzky-mcdavid-matthews-nhl-1.6710407
(DIR) Post #ARZp2Do9fpcNNkUCzw by chrisale@mstdn.ca
2023-01-12T02:58:33Z
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@Crispius awesome! Glad you’re enjoying it. It’s a pretty big jump in capabilities I think from the first/second gen LEAF and like cars to now. Things are changing and the cars are improving very fast!
(DIR) Post #ARZpC35aNgPz2AKEDY by chrisale@mstdn.ca
2023-01-12T15:28:57Z
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@Crispius @Yup_Its_Holly don’t listen to them! I am a long time Toyota owner, our Prius C is now our second car (240k), but they are only saying this because Toyota has inexplicably failed to move into the EV space. For a company that was a pioneer with batteries and hybrids and makes excellent cars, I think it will be seen in time as one of the greatest blunders in Toyota’s history.
(DIR) Post #ARZpC67T78hsQsEH4K by chrisale@mstdn.ca
2023-01-12T15:31:47Z
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@Crispius @Yup_Its_Holly and if you really want to challenge their narrative, ask them if their Prius hybrids get worse mileage in the winter because of cold batteries. No? Hmmm. So why the concern on EVs? ;)
(DIR) Post #AS2qD3yWJ4inbruDVQ by chrisale@mstdn.ca
2023-01-26T19:23:34Z
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It is telling that the Transport Minister didn’t even bother to contact VIA Rail about the chaos over the Christmas period.Doing so would have indicated that he showed a level of care in that Crown Corporation.The Federal Government has proven over decades now that they do not care about land transportation in this country.That’s why VIARail is a cruel joke (even on a sunny day in July) and bus transportation has essentially collapsed.#canpolihttps://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/via-rail-holiday-delays-transport-committee-1.6726889
(DIR) Post #AS2qD4PSguGwxQVjV2 by chrisale@mstdn.ca
2023-01-26T19:31:50Z
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Now don’t get me wrong. VIARail is *also* a horribly managed company for allowing its customers to *literally* sit in the cold for days. But maybe, just maybe, this would have been a lot less likely to happen if VIA Rail was treated like a first-class transportation option by our Federal (and provincial) governments. Canada and the USA are wed to car culture and “cheap” air travel, and it has created two of the worst transportation systems in the entire world.We are embarrassing.
(DIR) Post #AS2rVJoIGrC3t7OJPM by chrisale@mstdn.ca
2023-01-26T19:50:30Z
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@saskboy absolutely!
(DIR) Post #AS3lgygUEle1H7sMFc by chrisale@mstdn.ca
2023-01-27T06:19:59Z
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@mastodonusercount odd bump in the number of instances.
(DIR) Post #AS84IOlumaTQhqFPwe by chrisale@mstdn.ca
2023-01-29T07:39:20Z
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@atomicpoet ya, as much as people like to complain about forced obsolescence, and while Apple certainly participates, it is definitely not the worst when it comes to operating longevity. I’ve been using their devices for over 25 years. Can’t think of one I owned for less than 5 years that I didn’t physically break. 7-10 years of useful life is not usual.