The cabin needed heating, the route was uphill, and there was no home charging.
So, there was the plan: I'd pick Jim up at the East Bay pad he shared with my sister in the morning of November 4 . We'd hit several of the boneyards east of Sacramento, get lunch, and haul uphill to the Nevada line from there. Once in Reno, we'd stay in a nice room at the Silver Legacy casino hotel, where we'd been told there was free overnight charging for the EVs of guests who got valet parking . Yes, we'd be high rollers.
and slippery body make the ride soothingly quiet even at maybe-beyond-the-speed-limit highway speeds.Acceleration from the 225 hp/258 lb-ft electric motor was impressive in Sport mode, much stronger than I thought those numbers should suggest. I wishhad seen fit to allow full application of torque from a standing start, for stoplight drag races, but you don't get all that torque instantly off the line .
The EV6 has cool-looking fender bulges and mean-looking thick pillars—all of which obscure your view—and I found it virtually impossible to line the car up exactly parallel with the curb and within an inch or so . This won't matter at all if you never park in high-vehicle-attrition urban areas, of course, but it drove me nuts.
it's like pulling teeth for me—we'll get back to the Junkyard/Gambling Winter EV Road Trip Adventure portion of this thing. I visited five self-service wrecking yards during the trip—three in California and two in Nevada.Hands down, this was the most productive junkyard-photography road trip I've ever taken in my life, including some
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