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Listen to a Toyota (e.g. Prius Hybrid) next time. Electronic metal screeching. Who thought that would be an ok sound?

That still seems weird. It is perfectly reasonable and legitimate to pull into a hotel at 8pm to check in for the night and plug in for 12 hours to recharge overnight and leave first thing in the morning. In that scenario, it should be perfectly reasonable to pay for the electricity delivered in...

Right, so the consensus seems to be that paying a blocking fee after completing charging is fair (to most people) and paying a blocking fee while charging is unfair. If Porsche is indeed charging a blocking fee while charging, it seems to go against the wording of the contract. Certainly paying...

Funny to see responses like the fee is unfair or a wish to throttle charging to avoid the idle fees and no one mentioning maybe actually unplugging the car within 4 hours of completing the charge (and freeing up a limited resource to another fellow EV traveller)? Sorry to sound harsh, but this...

Just to play devil's advocate. You left your car parked at a charge port, NOT charging for ~20 hours?

They were going to but likely accidentally fired the person whose job it would have been to actually kill it.

My Jag I-Pace is the same. Seems everything outside the seals is considered outside and in the open.

You will likely also need to make changes to conform to regulations (no matrix head lights, for example). A buddy bought an Audi in the US and had to make some changes for Transport Canada compliance. May not be big, but one more annoyance to consider.

You mean USA is a big market. No tariffs for Canada and Mexico (also in NA).

I have been waiting to see how tariffs/cuts affect my business (medical research equipment) and savings (ouch today!) before I finally pull the trigger. I have been leaning towards Adventura green with truffle but was starting to re-consider Papaya. Oh well, decision seems to have been made for...

Funny to get an oil company branded cap for an EV owner.

Will you get an idling fee for staying plugged in and not charging?

There will likely be price does not include applicable duties. What happens if someone buys a car in Canada (or Mexico) and imports it as a personal purchase? Are duties applied there (probably I imagine).

That looks pretty good all things considered. I currently drive an I-Pace (waiting to see if they buy back my model year as they are buying them back in the US before I place an order for a 4S). In the winter, I get around 32 kWh/100km driving at 110km/h (and everything else normal). With ~80kWh...

The Phone-as-key does not need the internet. Most smartphones have NFC (near field communications) that allow it to talk to the car (among other things like smart locks, payment by tap etc...) and it seems that the car has support for NFC. I have not seen or used it for car, but I presume the...

The tech that said it was not good to leave the car idle did not know what they were talking about (lots of EV ignorance, even at the dealers). It is certainly acceptable to leave the car for extended periods otherwise, they'd be useless as a car. I think you are conflating the HV battery and...

A lot of cars now sound an alarm every time you turn off the motor to remind you to check the back seat for occupants. All this because of a couple of tragic incidents of children being left in the back. Now everyone has to be reminded, whether they have children or not to check the back seat...

Pretty sure the 25% went into effect but the increase to 50% was deferred when Ontario agreed to defer a surcharge on the electricity they export to the US.

Agreed. I already preferentially choose hotels with a charger (when travelling by car) and L2 chargers are easily scaleable as they don't necessarily require huge upgrades to their electrical setup and can easily become either an incentive for EV drivers to pick them over the competition, or a...

I think a lot of people, including hotels are still trying to figure how all this will work out. It would be a lot cheaper for the hotel to put in, say 20 chargers (costing, what, $50k when all is said and done) that allow 20 guests to plug in their cars overnight. They could easily add a...