January 13, 2008 by Rob.

We racked up nearly 20 miles driving around Westlake this weekend over 2 days.  That would be enough for me to commute, but the last few miles were very saggy so I’m reluctant to cruise 360’s hills just yet.

I think that letting the batteries chill overnight partially charged (over 80%!) may hurt my capacity more that I expected.  According to Chris R on the AustinEV list, “batteries should be recharged quickly if possible.”

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January 13, 2008 by Rob.

Apparently there’s some reorganization and bad feelings over at Tesla Motors.  They are behind on their ship dates and dumping the plans for their family sedan aka “the white star.”  It looks like making a commercially practical EV (or even an impractical one) is not so east after all.  At least I only had to spend $10k to learn that lesson.

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