alicefoeller
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- Oct 25, 2014
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If you are curious what happens when you totally run out, all the way past turtle mode, here it is:
Through a series of mishaps, I forgot to plug in my car last night, and it was already only at 13 miles remaining, in low battery mode. I parked it in a garage that was about 45 degrees F.
This morning I woke and realized as I headed out the door that I had not charged, and I had to pick up my daughter 4 miles away, drive her to the orthodontist 6 miles away, take her to school 6 more miles away, and then drive home. It is 28F here this morning. I drove VERY conservatively and I got her to school. When I turned the LEAF back on in the school parking lot, I got the turtle icon. It was a straight shot home down a 25mph street for about 4 miles, so I thought I would make it. I kept my power consumption to one white dot most of the time, occasionally hedging into a second dot as I started up from a stop sign. Unfortunately I had a hill over a freeway and that did me in. I crested the hill and the car beeped politely, like it does when you try to put it into the wrong gear or something, and she went into neutral. I coasted down the hill and stopped in the median. Some nice people came along and pushed me into a nearby church parking lot where I was able to plug into an external 110. That's where I'm sitting now.
I feel pretty irresponsible and the 4 people who helped push me probably won't buy an electric car now. :-(
Through a series of mishaps, I forgot to plug in my car last night, and it was already only at 13 miles remaining, in low battery mode. I parked it in a garage that was about 45 degrees F.
This morning I woke and realized as I headed out the door that I had not charged, and I had to pick up my daughter 4 miles away, drive her to the orthodontist 6 miles away, take her to school 6 more miles away, and then drive home. It is 28F here this morning. I drove VERY conservatively and I got her to school. When I turned the LEAF back on in the school parking lot, I got the turtle icon. It was a straight shot home down a 25mph street for about 4 miles, so I thought I would make it. I kept my power consumption to one white dot most of the time, occasionally hedging into a second dot as I started up from a stop sign. Unfortunately I had a hill over a freeway and that did me in. I crested the hill and the car beeped politely, like it does when you try to put it into the wrong gear or something, and she went into neutral. I coasted down the hill and stopped in the median. Some nice people came along and pushed me into a nearby church parking lot where I was able to plug into an external 110. That's where I'm sitting now.
I feel pretty irresponsible and the 4 people who helped push me probably won't buy an electric car now. :-(