tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72142565330307489052024-03-06T12:00:38.101-08:00VoltzwagenLife with the all electric cars of todayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214256533030748905.post-47838548621247114502019-07-30T08:12:00.001-07:002019-07-30T16:24:23.738-07:00Well, my Polarizing Tesla Pick Up got a mention on Inside EVs!So after seeing lots of concepts for Tesla pick up trucks featured in articles I felt I needed to get something out there that I felt was more in line with what Elon described. While I don't believe it will look like this or may even be wilder, I did put on my sci-fi truck driven off a movie set for a weekend and came up with this. Following Elon's verbal descriptions from various on-line conversations I compelled this check list that lots of people must have missed:<br />
1. "It will NOT follow conventional form factor"<br />
2. "It looks like something driven off a sci-fi movie set"<br />
3. "Many people may not like it, but I do, and worse case if not many buy it, we'll make a normal truck.. that's EASY."<br />
4. "Will be as good a truck or better than an F-150, and a better sports car than a base 911"<br />
5. "doing this will be hard... very hard" (I only spent a few days, so please be gentle :P )<br />
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I posted this on a few Facebook car design groups and the Tesla World Wide owners group... the results were very polarizing. While it got a lot of likes, those who didn't where vocal, but most of them were expecting a clone of an F-150.... not going to happen guys! This morning I was sent this article from <span style="color: cyan;"><a href="https://insideevs.com/news/362404/star-wars-tesla-pickup-truck/">INSIDE EVs</a>.</span> And haters are just as vocal, I just feel I'm doing my part to warm people up to expect something different. After all, if we kept doing the same ole same ole, we wouldn't have Tesla.<br />
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Did this one quickly after a few "it's not rugged enough" comments:<br />
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a packaging comparison to show the bigger bed etc..<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214256533030748905.post-249315486428077372019-05-08T22:57:00.001-07:002019-05-08T22:58:40.752-07:00eGolf vs Model 3 ep2 feature<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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thanks!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214256533030748905.post-3510804344651068832019-05-08T22:51:00.000-07:002019-05-08T22:51:09.573-07:00eGolf VS Model 3 fun comparison<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214256533030748905.post-39570091272310931502018-09-26T07:13:00.000-07:002018-09-26T07:14:34.274-07:00Tesla Model 3... the Future is awesome!Tesla Model 3... the Future is awesome!<br />
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So it's been a few months now and the Model 3 is amazing. Even in this long range rear wheel drive model it's incredibly quick, agile, and powerful. And now there are all wheel drive "D" versions out as well as the crazy Performance model that will spank cars 4 times it's price at a drag strip or track day.<br />
And of course being me I had to customize mine to make it 'mine'. So in the tradition of the eGolf touches, I added some 3M Cosmic Blue accents to The Future in the form of the Mirror caps, a strip across the dash with "TESLA" cut out on the passenger side as well as the brake calipers painted to match with the TESAL logo on them as well. Also had the full front wrapped in PPF XPEL film and then ceramic coated the entire car. A few extra touches being added are the sport aluminum pedals, blue door and footwell lights and brighter trunk lights.<br />
The poor eGolf hasn't been driven much, but I did get a chance to take it out for Drive Electric Week where it made a splash with the crowd as it was the only eGolf there and not many had seen one yet. There were 50 Model 3's there so I spent the whole time with the eGolf.<br />
Anyway, here's a quick video I made for Zack and Jessie at 'Now You Know' for TESLA TIME NEWS. enjoy.<br />
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Last Tuesday was Tesla Tuesday for me. After 2 years, 2 months and 20 days from placing my reservation I finally got to drive home in my very own Tesla Model 3, aptly named "The Future".<br />
Since it's still somewhat early days of the Model 3, mine is the 1st available Long Range battery, with the premium upgrades. I opted for the the more sporty 19" sport alloys and the advanced Auto Pilot in Pearl White. I've only had the chance to drive it about 200 miles so far but it's absolutely amazing and a massive step up from the eGolf in terms of tech, driving feel, power, looks, range and efficiency.<br />
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This ups my range from the eGolf's 85 miles to 310 miles! Moves the drive wheels from the front to the rear , from being on 16" alloys with 55 series low rolling resistance tires (that are terrible) to 19" alloys with 235/40/R compound tires (yay grip!) Power jumped from 110hp to 271hp(feels like WAY more with the torque) and the battery from a 23KWh to a 75KWh pack. 0-60 went from 8.9 seconds to 4.7 seconds. While the VW interior fit and finish is stellar, the design is as basic as well... a Golf. While the interior of the Model 3 is where the spaceship features start to show. The immediate lack of the driver cluster hiding behind the steering wheel is the first clue that this is not your average car. In fact there are almost no buttons at all! Just 2 scroll wheels on the steering wheel and the 2 stalks behind the wheel. There is a (required) hazard light button above and the window switches on the doors... and that's it. No visible fussy air vents, no cluster of single function buttons, no gear lever or handbrake between the seats... no transmission tunnel because there's no transmission and the electric motor is in the back. I also now have a usable front trunk and the back trunk is pretty huge for a car it's size. I've already fit a 6 foot step ladder through it without it going between the front seats and all 3 of my kids in their various seats fit across the back as well.<br />
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Another HUGE advantage of the Tesla over the eGolf is the over-the-air software updates. NO ONE in the auto industry does this (Yet). And it's a huge advantage for Tesla, and a major plus for me, because my car is a week old, and it's already BETTER than it was last week and can do more functions.... for free...without having to go to a dealer and wait hours for a simple software sync. Many people use the Supercharger network as Tesla main advantage, and it certainly is another massive one, but I find the ability to update cars based on user feedback and requested features as a bigger advantage than those in the long run. Because older cars are still being updated, and as long as the car was built with the needed hardware it will continue to be updated. Not like Apple which makes your new fancy phone obsolete the day you buy it.<br />
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There are tons more advantages and upgrades over the eGolf, which I still have, but it's VW's lack of support for that car that make it more and more obsolete. Stay tuned as I will be doing some work to give the Model 3 that Voltzwagen special touch:) <br />
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More to come as things get closer, but lots of new exciting EV's have come to light since my last posts!!! I got to see and sit in a Model 3 in Denton TX as an early owner did a cross country tour with his very own Model 3 (You You Xue), and it's far better in person than any photos!<br />
cheers!<br />
-Alx<br />
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Actually reserved 2 Model 3's, one for first available, and the second to hold for the dual motor performance model down the road:)</div>
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here's is You You's Model 3 at the Denton Supercharger on Christmas Day, great guy, nice car, although it was cold that night! Will add a link to his road trip soon.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214256533030748905.post-64412983053769861702016-08-30T07:46:00.001-07:002016-08-30T07:47:38.461-07:00My Top Gear Day!I know this isn't exactly an EV specific post, but I thought I'd share my experience while in the UK at the Top Gear Driving Experience! Definitely a bucket list item checked!<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214256533030748905.post-80613340142467832652016-08-25T21:51:00.003-07:002016-08-25T21:53:15.277-07:00<a href="https://driveelectricweek.org/">National Drive electric week</a> is close at hand again! Be sure to check for your local events and if you have an EV to show off, then stop by, if you are still on the fence, stop by, take a ride, ask questions, talk to people who live with these cars everyday and see how they work in everyday life! I'll be showing and giving rides in mine!<br />
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Here's a shot of my car in for it's 10,000 mile "service" basically rotated the tires, topped off the wiper fluid and checked for any software updates... all for free:)<br />
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Here's a look under the hood, the plastic black cover makes it look more like a gas motor bay, but there is actually plenty of empty space in there and all this orange cables give it away.<br />
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There are now over 9 or 10 e-Golfs at my workplace, mine of course still stands out :P thanks to my VOLTZWAGEN decals and wraped roof and mirrors!<br />
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Fun with bigger rims! Thanks to a generous donation of size via photoshop! See those rims look good, their just too small :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214256533030748905.post-91227520762763971762015-11-06T14:15:00.000-08:002015-11-10T11:05:09.211-08:00VW E-Golf adds from VW<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214256533030748905.post-19902622145162968492015-11-01T23:50:00.000-08:002015-11-01T23:50:43.815-08:00Quick take #1 here's a quick video about my 10,000 mile service and the changes for 2016 models so far. One thing I forgot to mention in the video is that the cheaper SE model comes with a 3.3 kWh charger and not the SEL's 7.2kWh charger. That makes a big difference IMO.<br />
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AlxUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214256533030748905.post-11672903279196467662015-10-25T20:10:00.000-07:002015-10-25T20:10:02.464-07:00Episode 2 part one and two My impressions of other EV'sHere's a 2 part video of "why the E-Golf" and my driving impressions of the other available EV's at the time the E-Golf came out in November of 2014.<br />
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and don't forget to finish off with th shorter part 2!<br />
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enjoy! I know these are a bit long, but I promise the next ones I will keep to shorter bites!<br />
thanks for watching and if you found these helpful them please let me know and pass them on to your friends!<br />
cheers<br />
-AlxUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214256533030748905.post-27509417832506356812015-10-11T20:04:00.001-07:002015-10-11T20:04:06.121-07:00Test for video bumperThis is a long version of the intro bumper for the videos I'll be posting soon, still working on a shorter version but thought I'd share this anyway😛.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214256533030748905.post-50063391150979486522015-10-05T00:05:00.001-07:002015-10-05T00:09:01.484-07:00MotorWeek loves the e-Golf!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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MotorWeek loved it's experience with the e-Golf. So much so they were sorry to see it go from their long term fleet.<br />
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Here's the first full length video. Shot all with one Gopro Hero 3, edited in imovie at 2 am. Sorry for the odd audio and lots of 'ums'. I'll get better, promise. These are intended to be more 'owner's impressions rather than an official car 'review', there are plenty of those out there. So I thought I'd give real world impressions since I've had the car a while now. Subscribe to the youtube channel to keep updated when I upload new videos and follow this blog as well for more.<br />
Thanks for stoping by!<br />
-AlxUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214256533030748905.post-39656249186845612352015-09-21T07:46:00.001-07:002015-09-21T07:47:36.273-07:00Video Teaser!Just had enough time to slap this teaser together for now. Full review to come.<br />
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I took the EGolf to 3 Events this past week for NDEW2015 in Northern CA. I was the only VW egolf at all 3 events! I had a great time though, talked to a lot a cool people and probably sold more EGolfs than any salesman ever!<br />
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I even had some people ask me what dealer I worked for! And most were shocked to find out it was my car and I was just there as the owner. They said that VW should have more enuthsiastic customers be the salesmen because I got them all excited about it and wanting to know more. I thought I was just being nice by asking if they had any questions😊.<br />
It was clear to me after the first few people came around that 99.9% of people don't even know the EGolf is real.... Many thought it was a prototype not for sale, a hybrid, a self made conversion, or a future model but not for real yet. this made several things really clear, VW sucks at advertising this car in the US. Dealers and VW corporate have made little attempt to show people the benefits of EVs like the EGolf in the US, and VW really does need to pay me for this!<br />
Talked to many people who were on the fence about EVs, or people who had a Leaf but we're looking for better options. Even one guy who had a BMW i3, but now wishes he waited a month for the eGolf to come out because he doesn't like the looks or the quirks of his i3, but loves the looks, price and better drive dynamics of the eGolf.<br />
The 'VOLTZWAGEN" was a hit for sure, and my clever little touches with the fender decals and my euro plate drew in many lookers, who then ended up asking all kinds of questions for quite a while. I even took a few for a ride to show them the smooth quite ride, and punchy acceleration it has.<br />
The events themselves were a mixed bag. One was hidden in an office parking lot. The other was at a house in a residential area, and the last one ,in Cupertino, was the biggest. But by no means what I was hoping for. I was hoping Tesla would've brought out the Model X for display. Chevy would've brought the 2016 Volt and even the concept Bolt, and Nissan would've had the 2016 Leaf there.... But zero of those things happened. Not even the big EV Rally happened.... Just a car show of EVs. There were in fact some cool conversion cars there, from a pick up to a Shelby Cobra EV and even a fellow Golf EV converted from a MK3 Golf. A few other home made contraptions and a single food truck rounded it out. Of course Nissan, Ford and Chevy had a presence there for test drives, but no VW, no Fiat, no BMW, not even Toyota was present.<br />
So although I was a bit disappointed in the events, I still had fun, and probably educated more than I learned, which leads me to believe I'm doing the right thing!<br />
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Stay tuned for my video review of the eGolf soon!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7214256533030748905.post-38815205346517719752015-09-13T00:36:00.000-07:002015-09-13T00:36:20.458-07:00NATIONAL DRIVE ELECTRIC WEEK 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well this would be my first time ever knowing about or going to any of these <a href="https://driveelectricweek.org/">National Drive Electric Week</a> events. I just got back from the San Mateo CA one today. I got to display my E-Golf there since I was the only one there with one to show off. It was a big hit and in fact I spent the whole time talking to people who wanted to know more about it, that I never had a chance to walk around the rest of the show! I'm hopefully going to make it to the one in Palo Alto tomorrow, and then the Cupertino one next weekend. I did talk to a fellow <a href="http://www.vw.com/models/e-golf/">E-Golf</a> driver who worked for <a href="http://www.plugshare.com/">Plugshare</a> for a while and swapped stories and modification ideas. Overall it was a fun time and I'm glad I went to represent what I think is one of the best EV's out there. The only problem is that not many people even know about it. So in essence VW should be paying me for this... seriously :).<br />
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