Seconded; Tom did a great job on my installation.

The bad news it, it has already happened. And it's clearly not pleasant when it does. I see no point in doing nothing about this. And saying it's user error is doing nothing.

On the contrary, there are at least three things GM could do:


Per mikeg3's post, if the car is powered down whilst in motion the display could show instructions for recovery.
Require a...

@mikeg3

Thank you.

This is the critical point.

This is something you don't want to get wrong even once.

It's something that seems so simple, yet you can get it wrong. And it's not until either you've got it wrong...

I found the sanctimony in similar responses to an earlier thread obnoxious as well...

One of the reasons for changing the drive mode is precisely because you are paying attention to driving; you...

How on earth does this excuse wanton destruction of property?

You Are Not Alone. America Hates Electric Cars.

Breathtaking stupidity, perhaps bordering on criminal irresponsibility?
Some Americans actually love electric cars, and are helping reduce the...

20-something years ago, driving a Ford Fiesta (like the Festiva) I was forced off the road by an articulated lorry (well, ultimately by its driver, who was subsequently prosecuted). The car rolled at...

Ah, but the fjords were Slartibartfast.

An electric car
With a gas range extender?
A Chevrolet Volt

Range anxiety?
After 40 on bat'ry
It switches to gas

Av'rage M.P.G.
Doesn't take into account

No, it's a charity.


And that's what they're apparently doing. They don't need to post here every day to do that.

Waaa. Waaaaah! How ironic; a Texan who wants to be spoon fed by charities. How about getting off your virtual backside and putting in some effort yourself? If this is an important issue to you, do...

I got mine for free with no haggling. It has also suffered "the occasional GFCI fault that halts the charge". It's been frustrating when it's happened, but it does me an SMS so I have a chance to...

I receive regular communication from Plug In America and see several campaigns. Perhaps if you want to get involved you should actually take some action yourself? It's not clear why you expect them...

To add at least one positive story to the thread. It took a while for things to happen (I'm sure in part because I wasn't clear what the best configuration would be for my circumstances), but I did...

It's not the hardest I've ever used -- that prize goes to the one in the Ford Fusion -- but the one in my MINI was certainly easier while actually driving and overall more satisfying even with the...

The search term you're looking for is "well-to-wheel efficiency".





Certainly, broadly that's one of the arguments I typically make. But that's no reason not to correct the false "longer...

This is the one that irritates me most -- the number of sanctimonious assertions that repeat the "longer tailpipe" myth. A few years ago it might have been reasonable to ask the question about...

They're not using less energy, they're proposing to peak demand.