The title image is one of many places we have been able to travel to solely on electric power, thanks to our 2014 Nissan Leaf! Here we all are at Kokanee Creek Provincial Park: Continue reading Lucky 27,777km and February 2015 Cumulative Cost Update
Category: Data Analysis
Skiing and a Christmas Tree
For a video update on winter driving, go to the bottom… (original post follows)
Ski season started recently in the Kootenays! I love skiing so this is one of my favourite times of the year. There are a few ski hills close to Nelson, so in the fall I plugged the data into my spreadsheet model to see which trips were viable:
“The World We Want” forum
I attended “The World We Want” forum in Brilliant (near Castlegar) today (I wrote about the event earlier this week). The dominant topic was how individuals and communities can strive to live in a more sustainable fashion. Continue reading “The World We Want” forum
Another invite to present on EVs!
I received a phone call out of the blue last week about giving a 10 minute presentation on electric cars. I was so surprised that I honestly missed the rest of the thread of the conversation – the caller promised to send me details of the event in an email. I said I would have a look and get back to her shortly.
I am a bit of an introvert and sometimes struggle with interacting with groups of strangers, so I wasn’t sure if I wanted to accept. Continue reading Another invite to present on EVs!
Follow-up on the Green Home and Energy Show
As mentioned in my last post, I was invited to attend the 2nd annual Nelson Green Home and Energy Show on October 15th. I had a great time at the show and really enjoyed answering the different questions that people had and showing them the Leaf in person.
Some typical questions, in no particular order:
- how much did your car cost?
- how far can you drive on one charge?
- how do you charge the car?
- how did you get it to Nelson?
Continue reading Follow-up on the Green Home and Energy Show
Join us for the ride…
Welcome to the first post on the Kootenay EV Family website. Head over to the ‘About‘ page to learn more about me and my family.
A life-change in the spring of 2014 meant that our family had to become a two-car family to support my 70 km commute (more on this in a future post). Continue reading Join us for the ride…