energy

Settle an argument...while driving on the highway, my son sets the level to 3 arguing that the bar shows neutral, not charging nor using energy. I set it to 0 when driving highway. Driving in 3 feels like driving in third gear of a 4 speed transmission where 0 feels like overdrive in...

There are a lot of different ways to 'manage' charging with a vehicle like the Clarity. After an ownership period of 2.5 years (~22K miles, 75% EV), I have executed a total of 430 charge cycles. Here are the resulting statistics... As a strategy, I tend toward 'full' charges. On trips longer...

Hello there, I’m a designer from a start up working on improving EV owners’ charging experience and energy consumption at home. I would be so thankful if you can help to answer this quick survey if you own or have owned an EV. It will probably take 5 - 10 minutes. It would be great if you...

I have been keeping track of ALL electrical energy input since purchasing the Clarity in November 2018. So far, we have charged the car 206 times with a total energy input of 2322 kWh. Over this same time, we have used 53 gallons of gas. Overall 10,500 odometer miles (about 75% are EV miles)...

My latest project which I was working on during my spare time in the last four months is finished! I’ve developed a SmartHome IOT Energy manager as a proof of concept which uses along other features the same interface as the Tesla App to start/stop the charging process, preconditions the car and...

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You may not even notice it but Solar in it's many forms runs the world. We use light everyday and sleep at night (most of us) when the Sun goes down. On a cold day we stand in the Sun if we can and on a HOT day we move to the shade. Our homes have awnings and eves that give us shade. Homes in...

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