The Tesla now has to include a noisemaker (works under 15 mph). Hopefully they will let you pick your own noise. So you could use turbo whine or blowoff noise as yours...

If you live in a CARB state, VW will happily sell you an e-Golf, which differs in appearance from other golfs by the color of some trim (blue, instead of red or black), and the lack of a cutout for a tailpipe in the roll pan.

In the case of a D.C. supply the car tells the charger what voltage or current it wants. When charging lithium batteries, you start with constant current, then when the batteries have gotten to a specific level of charge, you switch to constant current.

No, mph is the intended unit. You just multiply the kWh of the charger by the mile/kWh that the car delivers (the ev equivalent of mpg on a fuel burner, most EV it’s between 3 and 5 m/kWh) and you get miles. This is a much more useful unit when deciding how long you need to charge.

I think the only place you will see Chademo only chargers in future will be at Nissan dealers. Around here (Boston) all the former Chademo only EVgo stations have been updated to dual standard.

I am sure it depends on the design of he pack, but there was at least 1 test case that said a 2% lifetime difference, one car only getting level 3, the other, only level 2. Of course that was several years ago, so I am sure battery chemistry has changed in the mean time.

Tesla did open their standards, but not until VW and BMW were already selling cars. Tesla would have had to open them 3 or 4 years before they actually opened them, to make it into the design.

Luckily that is a solved problem. The car isn’t allowed to move if a charger is connected. Just like you have to put your foot on the brake to shift out of park...

As always with standards in the tech industry, we have plenty to choose from.

When VW designed their current models, the Tesla patents weren’t open, and wouldn’t be until almost a year after the e-Golf went on sale. The Tesla charging network is still closed to other brands. So a car maker is free to put a supercharger compatible socket on their car, but you can’t plug into one of their…

Almost all charging in the US uses a single style of plug, the J1772, as most people charge their cars at home with a level one or two EVSE (Tesla includes an adapter for this, they use a proprietary plug for all levels of charging)

Man it is tempting, but I don’t dare get a RHD car here in the US. Did enough driving in the U.K. and Ireland that I have a mental switch, and manage to drive on the appropriate side of the road based on wheel position. It’s not a total reflex, it takes conscious thought to go to the drivers side when in RHD land,…

1917 Stanley steamer. It was certainly different, especially the power delivery, (it was noticeable) and the brakes which were rear wheels only, cable operated (and thus weren’t noticeable)

My very first car was a 1600. It was a whole lot faster than the usual alternative back then, a 50hp beetle. It got t-boned, and since I had a whole lot of mechanical parts, I happened to find another one. Had a great time with it, until the wiring harness caught fire... I started making a wiring harness for it and…

Nah, you have to pay Saul. Call the attorney general, you already pay for them. (They also get to use criminal courts as a first option)

If you advertise a price, and don’t honor it, it constitutes fraud in most states. As in a felony. It’s one reason why I always do my car shopping during business hours. (having the place mostly empty is also pleasant.  Self employed helps on this one). I would happily put my phone on speaker, and call the AG’s…

I had F&I try to sell ne LoJack on a car that had factory gps tracking, aka the “where did I park” button on the app. I wonder if GM dealers still have the habit despite more than a decade of on-star, and the helpful “reducing engine power now” tv ads.

I am sure that you state attorney general would have an issue with a company not honoring an advertised price. Come re-election being seen as tough on consumer fraud is something they do talk about...

Haven’t tried the Bolt yet. Our e-golf is actually a fair bit of fun. The steering isn’t numb, the CG is low, and at non highway speeds, acceleration is “brisk”. (And it was the non-numb steering, and firmish suspension that had us pick it over the Leaf)

Except for prolonged draw, you are supposed to only pull 80% of what the breaker can do., or 12 amps. GM discovered in these days of contractor grade no-brand outlets, that isn’t low enough, the early Volts had a default charge of 8 amps, unless you specifically said it could do 12.