Welcome to the personal blog of Chris Maxwell and his EV adventures. Below are links to some of the most commonly requested topics.
The Podcast Is Go
I’m taking a hiatus from writing and will be posting a monthly-ish podcast about my energy and electric vehicle antics. The 2023 year-in-review is already up! Click here to listen!
2023 Electrics at the Dragon
Another year, another annual meeting of the electric motorcycles at US-129 in Robbinsville, North Carolina. How’d it go with ChargePoint DC stations being offline to Energica bikes this year? Rather seamless, honestly. Dig in for the details…
Welcome home, Darcy!
I adopted a cat from a rescue in Columbia, South Carolina. Of course this meant we had to drive to go get the cat, and it turns out there’s more than one route to go pick up the cat. Let’s take a deeper dive into that and then I’ll tell you how things really went.
Another Florida work trip, another test of my patience
Florida just annoys me, from their anti-LGBT policies to the insane drivers. “Florida Man” is a thing you can witness on nearly any street corner, and I’m torn on if North Florida or South Florida is worse for the “Floridiots.” Perhaps it was because I was destined back to Florida for work, but for the first time in quite a long time, I had a less than expected charging experience on my trip to Gainesville. Nothing show-stopping, mind you, just an annoyance that set the tone for the whole trip.
First work trip in the Kona
So as luck would have it my first work trip in the Kona wasn’t to Florida, but to my hometown of Memphis, TN. While the trip was more or less run-of-the-mill in terms of my charging experiences and the outcome of the reason I dispatched to the customer site, I did encounter some folks who caught the blues with the chargers – including a fellow Hyundai owner who ended up needing a tow. TL;DR summary: my trip was smooth and successful, costing less than $77 for over 1,500 miles. Thoughts and geeky details are below.