2015.04.26 Electric Car: Day 081

I seem to have developed a couple new kinds of range anxiety.

The first is a sort of inverse of the type usually discussed. Today I jumped in the Tyrannosaurus Rex and just as I was about to turn into the on-ramp to wend my way up to Sandy Ridge, there was an unpleasant hesitation in the throttle. I was (almost) out of gas. RIGHT! In ICE-vehicles, they are not usually full of energy at your home when you're ready to leave. But instead require additional transit to specialized transfer stations where a complex system of overseas mines, large oceangoing vessels, refineries, and arrayed tanker trucks work in concert to have fuel to (expensively) load up with. Damned inconvenient if you ask me.

While I've stated it hyperbolically, I really have acclimated to having full range available to me just by virtue of having parked at home overnight.

The second kind of range anxiety is: I only have until January of 2016 with this B-class ED. What will I do after that? There haven't been any more B-classes available on the company lease program since I got mine. Hopefully that will change by October-ish, when I need to order the next lease. If there is a next least - because if they don't have another B-class, I'm not sure I want anything else they offer. Maybe I'll have to look into some alternate electric vehicle options... If I'm suuuuper lucky, maybe I'll be able to find a lightly-used BMW i3 for a reasonable price.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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