Monday, April 2, 2018

Survived our first winter...

You hear stories of losing up to 40% of range in winter (possibly true if you like to keep a toasty cabin and drive on the freeway), but for our relatively short commute, this was not our biggest issue of our first winter with an EV.

Our greatest challenge so far was actually accessing our parking spot behind our house this winter. We had an extraordinary amount of snow this year (the city ran out of the budgeted 5 snow removal operations, and also had to approve an additional dump site). Here are some shots of our back lane.

Easter Weekend, and it looks like winter might finally be behind us! Here's a view of our back lane on Easter Monday:


A few weeks ago in mid-March, when hope was in sight:


Early March, the last (hopefully) big snow dump of ~20-30cm. Our daughter helping out:


I may want to invest in a snow blower next year... both myself and my visiting parents spent quite a few evenings outdoors this winter doing this:


Another shot from earlier on in the winter. Note the big pile on our deck, as it is supposedly illegal to move snow from rear parking spots onto public property. (As far as we know, clearing the back lane is A-OK and we have not heard back from the city saying otherwise)


Next up: swapping on the summer tires to see how much they change in efficiency!

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