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<blockquote data-quote="ClassicBiker" data-source="post: 168605" data-attributes="member: 1632"><p>Not to long after Chevrolet launched the Volt, my father in law purchased one. Well he got tired of the slow charge time that was the result of just plugging the car into the wall outlet. So he had the electric company come out and install the the fast charger. He plugged it in one summer afternoon and all the neighbors came out. Seems the grid in his part of town wasn't up to snuff. Every time he plugged in the car the neighborhood experienced a brown out. Which in the summer in metro Detroit can be an issue as the temps reach 90 degrees F and 90% humidity. </p><p>When the Zero motorcycle made its appearance at the local Honda dealer, I considered one. So I asked the salesman about speed an range. At the time I traveled about 30 mile one way to work all at expressway speeds. When the salesman told me the range of the bike at 70mph it was obvious that I would only get about half way home in the evening. His helpful solution was to take the bike in the building and plug in while at work. I pointed out that I worked at a Ford engineering facility on the third floor. His next helpful solution was to keep a very long cord at my desk and drop it out the window and park close to the building. I would have laughed but he was serious.</p><p>Up until about ten years ago I used to travel from Detroit, Michigan to Huntington, West, By God, Virginia a distance of approximately 496 miles each way. It only took a bit over seven hours of driving. Leave home mid morning, be there for a late dinner. Be there a couple of days, leave mid afternoon about 4:30 ish be home late evening. No electric car could do that on a single charge then. Don't know if it could now. I know the father in law's Volt couldn't make from Detroit to Bowling Green, Kentucky to see his parents without it starting its gas engine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ClassicBiker, post: 168605, member: 1632"] Not to long after Chevrolet launched the Volt, my father in law purchased one. Well he got tired of the slow charge time that was the result of just plugging the car into the wall outlet. So he had the electric company come out and install the the fast charger. He plugged it in one summer afternoon and all the neighbors came out. Seems the grid in his part of town wasn't up to snuff. Every time he plugged in the car the neighborhood experienced a brown out. Which in the summer in metro Detroit can be an issue as the temps reach 90 degrees F and 90% humidity. When the Zero motorcycle made its appearance at the local Honda dealer, I considered one. So I asked the salesman about speed an range. At the time I traveled about 30 mile one way to work all at expressway speeds. When the salesman told me the range of the bike at 70mph it was obvious that I would only get about half way home in the evening. His helpful solution was to take the bike in the building and plug in while at work. I pointed out that I worked at a Ford engineering facility on the third floor. His next helpful solution was to keep a very long cord at my desk and drop it out the window and park close to the building. I would have laughed but he was serious. Up until about ten years ago I used to travel from Detroit, Michigan to Huntington, West, By God, Virginia a distance of approximately 496 miles each way. It only took a bit over seven hours of driving. Leave home mid morning, be there for a late dinner. Be there a couple of days, leave mid afternoon about 4:30 ish be home late evening. No electric car could do that on a single charge then. Don't know if it could now. I know the father in law's Volt couldn't make from Detroit to Bowling Green, Kentucky to see his parents without it starting its gas engine. [/QUOTE]
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