My Pursuit of the Ultimate EV (Bo)
I am a Proud EV Owner! Sunday, July 27th @ 7:11 AM I am now the proud owner of Vectrix Scooter as well as a position on the Tesla waiting list. My scooter will be delivered on Tuesday of this week -- about 2 weeks earlier than promised. My wait for this was only about 5 days. As for the Tesla, I did put down the large deposit and I am assured my place in line -- about number 900. This means, my car is scheduled for delivery in July of 2009. I should have a few good months of driving here in New England before I have to put it away for the winter.
I still need a replacement for our SUV and my "all season" car. Winters can get quite nasty here in New England. Due to our family's frequent trips into the mountains (200+ miles away) and my occasional long distance road trips (100+ miles) I am sure our SUV would need at least a plug-in hybrid. I might be able to get away with a 100% pure EV for my car that is a) good in the snow and cold weather and b) gets at least 100 mile range.
As of now, I still have my eyes on the Fisker and perhaps the Volt, but I feel that the Volt will be very difficult to get due to its popularity. I feel that for our SUV needs we may have to go standard hybrid for now, as no reasonable soultion seems to be on the horizon.
** the photo is of me testdriving the Vectrix lat week in Newport, RI -- my scooter is Blue
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Comments Whipping Out the Wallet... Saturday, July 19th @ 10:09 AM Back from my west coast trip. My tour of Tesla and my test ride (they would not let me drive - insurance issues) made it clear to me that I will be getting the Tesla -- but delivery will still be about a year away.
As for the TRIAC, unfortunately, my home state, MA, will not allow this on public roads because it is a three-wheeled covered vehicle.
Early next week I will head down to Rhode Island where the home of the Vectrix is -- the fully electric motorcycle/scooter. I think this will be a OK interum solution for now.
As for my full-time car, I am leaning to the Fisker Karma. I will start that process next week. Still looking that 2010 delivery, but I like that solution better than the Volt, and I think my chances of getting a Fisker sooner would be better than getting a Volt.
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Comments Getting Ready To Whip Out the Wallet Thursday, July 3rd @ 6:53 AM I am headed down to the Silicon Valley area in a couple of weeks to hopefully settle on an EV. I have several appointments setup for interviews, but also test driving a couple of cars.
First, I am meeting with Mr. Ehab Youssef from Green Vehicles about the TRIAC. If all goes as well as I think it will, I plan on making that my first EV.
Next, I have an appointment to test drive the Tesla. I am also pretty sure I will be putting down my deposit to secure my place in line.
The TRIAC I should be driving within a month or so. The Tesla -- if I am lucky by the end of next summer. I will be roughly number 800 on the waiting list.
Oh yea... I also plan on getting the VOLT when it comes out. Now I just need to build myself a much bigger garage.
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