I had a topsy-turvy day yesterday…St. Patrick’s Day started out at Jim Nolan’s house, where I had some great sourdough toast that Jim’s wife makes once or twice a week. Then I half-raced, half-trafficjammed across Atlanta to get a great tree planting tutorial from Marcus Dottson, NeighborWoods Coordinator for Trees Atlanta–who have planted some 3500 […]
Category: Negative Carbon Road Trip
Tow #2
The streak has broken. I got my second tow of the trip. I’m sorry to report that after experiencing better than 99% positive and friendly people, and only three deliberately (but grade-school) obnoxious people in the entire country, I finally found a person who I would be willing to drive 100 miles out of my […]
South Padre Island: the approach
Our engineers have found a weakness–a small thermal exhaust port just below the main port. But the approach will not be easy… Truer words have not been said. Last night had me rather unenthusiastically using the flashers…at perhaps an average of 46 mph…on what *should have* been a deserted Texas highway. Who knew that everyone […]
Various pictures of the past 24 hours
Not sure why Blogger refuses me the meager ability to specifically label my snapshots, though it’s likely due to my own technical limitations. Anyhow, here are some photos of the past twenty-four hours from Kingmam to Tempe.
29,409.0 miles…Phoenix, check!
After an awesome visit to the West Coast, it was finally time to set my sights on the eastward trek across the southern states, then homeward. But never fear, I’ve got 12 more states to hit after tonight, so the fun won’t be likely to end before…geez, I hope before March! February is kind enough […]
An amazing tour through the Bay Area
A day hard to summarize in words, but easy in pictures. The highlight? Well, despite seeing everything Tesla–including a white Model X (at GoPro hdqrtrs), a blue Model X (at Palo Alto Tesla hdqrtrs), a Tesla dealership, the place where they hire Tesla employees–which must be frequented by the man himself, the Fremont factory where […]
The Ultimate Nissan Leaf Road Test
You’ve been told that the Nissan Leaf is not a roadtrip worthy car. You probably assumed that with only a humble 84 EPA estimated miles of “range” that if you wanted to go see granny you were out of luck. After all, granny lives 300 miles away, and you’re used to thinking about EVs as […]
PBs today if not records…
Posted 600.1 miles in the time from 12 Noon yesterday to 11:57am this morning despite some serious delays in the middle. What’s more interesting is that I left U.S. customs at the Canadian border 573.4 miles away at 17:21 yesterday. That means my next stretch to the Fred Mayer charging station (~56 miles) will put […]
NLET part 6
Leg 6: 57.6 miles averaging 50.8 mph in 1:08, mostly at 23°F. I am now at 55,034 miles on the car, 26,889.4 on the trip, and 312.2 in the last 12 hours, 19 minutes (aggregate avg speed: 25.35 mph which projects to 608.4 for the full day. Sigh…that border delay…) It’s pretty chilly out, but […]
NLET part 5
Leg 5: 76.4 miles done with 88% charge. 47.8 mph avg speed inclusive of several lights, etc. Projected 86.8 miles full discharge distance despite temperatures ranging mostly from 26-29°F except in Seattle where it briefly hit 35°F. *(and despite 54,976 miles on the battery!) Aggregate average speed: 22.7 mph assuming I leave Burien Nissan by […]