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Zaxxon wrote: Mon Jun 12, 2023 11:29 am Think it's time to call it. The days of DCFC units[in the US] without at least including NACS are soon to be over.

ChargePoint is in, too.

Now it's official: NACS is the standard.

Default wrote: Wed Dec 04, 2024 7:40 pm All wheel drive means you can drive much faster in the snow before finding out you can't stop. You have increased traction. It's the abs that does the magic.

Yes, I understand that. If I wrote something that implied otherwise, it was an oversight.

edit: Wife got to work safely. She said "Snow mode rocks!".

So I guess that's it.

Regular cars almost always come with all seasons except certain exotics or premium sports cars.

But there's also all weather tires (not the same as all season) as well as winter tires.

If you live in the area with months long snow season, please invest in 4 rims with mounted winter/snow tires, and have equipment to put them on yourself. The difference between all season and winter/snow tires are VERY noticeable in anything above light snow.

Got my first bill and paid off the principal a month before the first payment was due. Take THAT, Gm Financial!

Also had issues with the supplied charger. Turned out the switchable pigtail socket on the charger itself had a thin film of some type of grease or oil. I sprayed the contacts with CRC contact cleaner and it connected with no issues. Now it's charging at 12 amps and everything is peachy-dory.

I swear we talked about it somewhere, but I can't find it. Ford recalled their Tesla adapters earlier this year as they might fuse the contacts or catch fire (as I recall). I got the replacement today so I'm back to having access to Superchargers. Woo-hoo. Of course, I haven't left the city in about a year, so it's more academic than necessary, but still a "nice to have."

I still haven't gotten the Bolt software update to allow Supercharging.