Ah! Wood- and solid fuel-burning appliances are strictly regulated in metro Montreal. Only EPA-certified ultra-low emissions appliances may be used (<2.5 g of particulate emissions per hour), and even these are banned during smog alerts. https://montreal.ca/en/topics/solid-fuel-burning-stoves-and-fireplaces
Incroyable! You mean Quebec is greener than British Columbia's 94.6% renewable energy grid?? Technically you can also burn wood and that is considered carbon neutral as well. So that means humans have been building net zero homes pre-1800 (before the use of coal heating) and eating organic food!
I believe Vermont is 100% renewable for their grid supply and maybe that Kansas City-area person should move there.
Nuclear is considered green carbon neutral energy (no CO2 emissions), but not renewable. Until the world finds a better carbon neutral renewable energy source, small nuclear reactors will be essential to reaching net zero emissions.
I figured I’d create my own post to document my Mini SE adventures. I enjoy taking photos and don’t want to bombard my Facebook friends with them so I’ll share them here instead.
We picked up our new 2023 Mini SE Premier in Island Blueon Friday, July 22 from Mini Calgary in Alberta
. When we took delivery it had 11 kms on the odometer and 100% battery.
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After we finished the paperwork we took it straight to a detail shop for 3M PPF, stage 1 ceramic coat and ceramic tint (15% on rear, 75% on front). The next day we picked it up and made the 325 km drive home. We stopped and charged 3 times but could have done it in 2. We stopped early to try out a specific station.
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At our 1st charge stop we were at 67% with 72 kms on the odometer. We charged to 90% in 12 minutes at a cost of $4.13. We stopped here to take advantage of the free RBC charging as this is the only Petro Canada charger close to us. The station jumped up to 48 kW right away, at 83% it was at 37 kW, at 87% it was 29 kW and at 90% we stopped it at 24 kW. The 12 minutes went by so quickly.
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We arrived at our 2nd stop at 41% and 155 kms on the odometer. We charged to 84% in 17 minutes at a cost of $6.80. Charging peaked at 49 kW and dropped to 37 kW when we stopped.
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At our 3rd charge stop we arrived at 35% and 241 kms on the odometer. We charged to 83% in 24 minutes at a cost of $9.08. Charging peaked briefly at 45 kW, hovered at 40 kW for most of the charge then dropped to 29 kW by the end.
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We arrived home at 32% and 360 kms on the odometer. We then got to try out our new ChargePoint Home Flex.
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We charged for a total of 36 kWh, 53 minutes and $20.02 CAD (we pay by the minute innot by the kWh). A Better Route Planner estimated we’d arrive home with 15% remaining but we actually had 32%. The trip took just under 5 hours which included the 53 minutes of actual charging time and then some learning and finding charging station time. Google Maps estimates the driving time at 3 hours and 36 minutes.
We love the car and it is so easy and comfortable to drive. The regen braking is definitely a learning curve but putting it in low regen mode makes it smoother.
On Sunday we tried out some new foam cannon soap to wash all the bug guts off so we could take some pictures of it clean and shiney.
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We are planning to attend the Mini United Rally in Kelowna, BC in August which will be a 627 km trip each way. We’ll definitely be testing its road trip limits.
Thanks for sticking around and reading this far .
I love your SE cover with foam looks like was snowing in you garage as we talk about charging since 2014 owning solar panels and driving I3 6 years and now SE 7 months I’m not paying nothing for charging my Baby and I wander why more people not going for solar to a point we crash a greed .
Beautiful blue color matches the mountain sky perfectly. I am awaiting a green/white SE here in Tennessee. Doc Tom
Welcome to the forum! You can see how long others have waited by checking out the spreadsheet linked in this thread:
I haven’t been able to source either of them in Quebec yet, but I also haven’t called my “tire guy” about the new models. In May, he quoted me $900 installed and balanced for the R3 (I paid something like $780 for the 195/55-15 four years ago).
since 2014 my electric bill is almost 0 and since 2016 I3 now SE i not pay for charging my EVs owning solar panels on my roof.Incroyable! You mean Quebec is greener than British Columbia's 94.6% renewable energy grid?? Technically you can also burn wood and that is considered carbon neutral as well. So that means humans have been building net zero homes pre-1800 (before the use of coal heating) and eating organic food!
I believe Vermont is 100% renewable for their grid supply and maybe that Kansas City-area person should move there.
Nuclear is considered green carbon neutral energy (no CO2 emissions), but not renewable. Until the world finds a better carbon neutral renewable energy source, small nuclear reactors will be essential to reaching net zero emissions.
For my SE I got the wheels through the dealer (I wanted the Spectre Grey Revolites). But MINI doesn't carry Nokian tires so I got those separately from Discount Tire and had my dealer mount them. And yes, I have a separate set of complete wheels so it's an easy swap each season.
