electric miles are more costly than gas miles???

Are solar panels manufactured and shipped from China really cleaner and better for national security?

 

Since we don't usually charge to a full 100%, your underlying assumption is incorrect. If it makes you feel better, the engine can charge the battery while it sits for that 60 seconds. Or can it? My understanding is the EV mode is only recharged by regen...

 

Mine are from Hillsboro. Where in China is that?

 

Find one of those places you can charge for free

 

What do you mean by 100%? No PiP can charge to 100%. Or do you mean the max that the car will let you?

EV mode can be recharged by regen or excess ICE energy.

 

its always good to be nationalistic - and that's actually why we bought "SunPower" brand inverters and panels ... they're still made in the good ol USA. You're not trying to trap me - are you?

But seriously - if its all someone can afford - even panels from China will reduce the amount of our oil imports.

Hugh? I'm not sure what assumptions you're talking about - but my charger timer allows me to charge for as little as 10 minutes or charge to 80% if I were so inclined. So in other words .... there are lots of options.
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Oh Dear... Mine were made in Canada! Guess I'm not very Patriotic... I better go drive around on the ICE and burn some of our oil that is found under their sand!

 

My point was some of you guys are thinking a little to deep about all this stuff!

 

Looks like the only foot print here is from the bare feet on the roof. Great photo with your panels, but looks like you left the shoes behind

 

Nope! This thinking is necessary in order to leave the world a better place for our descendants.

 

There you go - being all practical n' everything.

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Someone should be thinking about it, certainly. However, filling a car owners' chat group with abstruse calculations that focus with laser-like intensity on some aspects of an issue, while ignoring others (reduced engine life from 'running starts' in Winter, for example) is doing more harm than good. Why? Because it drives away people who are interested in the cars for practical and/or philosophical reasons, not because they love to do spreadsheets and calculate watt losses. The best solution I've seen is to have a few topics for techie stuff, and try to keep it more practical and understandable in the rest.

 

Have you seen gas prices in Los Angeles lately?

 

No but I assume it's pretty high, hopefully it will drop in the next couple of months.

 

Nah... Elections over so the Big Oil Companies can raise the price now cause it won't hurt the candidates they bought at the polls!

 

Can you explain that bolded part in red, please?

 

OK, thanks. For some reason I was just not understanding the statement. It makes sense now (Fog has lifted from the brain).

Does the charge significantly aid your commute? Or is it just a band-aid solution where your commute is 50-60 miles and doesn't really help at all?