That’s Quite the Loaner (or why I hate the Mustang)

My Mach E is sick. No, that’s not me trying to show how hip and cool and relevant I am. While the vehicle is indeed ‘sick’ in the slang way, it’s also very sick as in the ‘not well’ way. It’s currently at the dealership service department awaiting some sort of part or parts to resolve a …
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Uh Oh: Service Vehicle Soon

Dearborn, we have a problem. After happily driving my Mach E for a couple months, and having gas pumps, oil changes, ‘maintenance’ and other relics of my vehicle past drift gracefully into the recesses of my brain, I was smacked upside the head back to reality with a dreaded ‘Service Vehicle Soon’ warning light on …
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First EV Road Trip

One of my biggest reservations in getting an EV was – not surprisingly or uncommon at all – range anxiety. I live about 400km from Toronto, and have always considered that distance my general benchmark when going on road trips. In all previous vehicles – at least in recent memory – getting to Toronto on …
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Free Charging is Awesome!

Unless maybe it was the grand opening of a new station for an hour, or a random $10 gift card as part of a giveaway, I don’t think I’ve ever heard of someone giving away free gas or diesel.  And certainly never 24/7/365! Yet in the EV world, apparently, it’s not at all uncommon to …
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