A Colorado Springs, CO group promoting the ownership and use of electric vehicles.
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Monday, January 28, 2019
Saturday, January 26, 2019
First Car Show of the 2019 Season
Some members of the CSEVC met with Kelly Maxwell on Jan. 25, 2019 to discuss her "Car Show of the Future". The event is sponsored by Environment Colorado is being held at Palmer High School in Colorado Springs from 4:00pm - 7:00pm on Monday, March 18, 2019. Several members have expressed their interest in the show, and there will be similar shows in Denver and Ft. Collins later this year. The club will send out an email to everyone when more details firm up. You may contact Kelsey Maxwell at kmaxwell@environmentcolorado.org if you need specific details.
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Vampire drain on a Tesla
I curbed my Tesla Model S90D at the beginning of January and did significant damage to the the front suspension system. I had the car towed from Colorado Springs to Stuttgart Auto Body in Englewood, CO where it is awaiting parts from Tesla.
I was greatly concerned about my car's battery not being plugged in while waiting for parts, so I've been checking on the car. Kuddos to Stuttgart, they plug in my car to prevent battery damage. I no longer check it daily as I can see they're being good about charging it on a regular basis.
In case you're curious, I tracked the vampire drain (see below). Good statisticians will note that after a certain time the samples aren't every day, so it's not the best estimator of vampire drain but it's something!
-Wilson Hitchings
I was greatly concerned about my car's battery not being plugged in while waiting for parts, so I've been checking on the car. Kuddos to Stuttgart, they plug in my car to prevent battery damage. I no longer check it daily as I can see they're being good about charging it on a regular basis.
In case you're curious, I tracked the vampire drain (see below). Good statisticians will note that after a certain time the samples aren't every day, so it's not the best estimator of vampire drain but it's something!
-Wilson Hitchings
Wednesday, January 9, 2019
Tesla 2019 Rally registration now open
Visit https://visitcuster.regfox.com/tesla-rally to register for the May 17-19, 2019 Sounds of Silence Rally.
Our newest member, Sarice Tanvas
Our latest member to join is Sarice Tanvas from Colorado Springs, CO. He has a black/ruby 2018 Mitsubishi Outlander SEL plug-in hybrid. Make him welcome when you see him!
How Tesla performs cold weather testing
Thanks to Tom Croak of the local Mercedes Benz club for the link:
https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/tesla-alaska-exclusive/?ftag=CAD13782fc&bhid=24452289580166134046405150340966
https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/tesla-alaska-exclusive/?ftag=CAD13782fc&bhid=24452289580166134046405150340966
Tuesday, January 8, 2019
First test drive of the Mercedes EQC in the USA
Jay Leno get a drive in the new EQC 400: https://youtu.be/BKBmlfscKoo
Saturday, January 5, 2019
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