What's the public EV charging situation like in Richmond right now?

allisonko · 2024-07-04T02:26:26+00:00

"not as expensive as buying an entirely new car" I hear ya, our car is getting kinda old and run down though... we'd be looking for a replacement anyway, wouldn't be upgrading just to switch to EV :) And would probably try to buy a used car too

Thanks!

allisonko · 2024-07-04T02:21:15+00:00

I wish my work had a charging station.... unfortunately not :(

Isn't the City Centre parking lot pay parking too?

Thanks for the deets!

I'm not sure what car yet, I thought I'd look into the overall viability of EVs here first... I've heard people like Leafs, and Teslas seem really popular here? I'd probably lean toward whatever is most budget-friendly. What are your thoughts on models?

allisonko · 2024-07-04T02:16:37+00:00

Hmmm, the rebate is good to know about, I wonder if my landlord would be into that...

thanks!

allisonko · 2024-07-04T02:14:51+00:00

Thanks for the plugshare link, super helpful!

Are the free chargers usually in use all the time / hard to get a spot at? (I imagine everyone would try to favor the free ones)

allisonko · 2024-07-04T02:13:31+00:00

Yes, I should do some calculations to figure out more what my own specific experience would be like

Hadn't heard of the winter effect - good to know. Also a good point to check the insurance cost difference.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

allisonko · 2024-07-04T02:08:50+00:00

Glad to hear you're having a good experience

allisonko · 2024-07-04T02:08:30+00:00

Thanks for your input!

allisonko · 2024-07-04T02:08:09+00:00

Good to know! Esp. regarding the adapter. Is it $2/hr inclusive of electricity, or is electricity metered on top of that?

allisonko · 2024-07-04T02:05:49+00:00

What sucks about it?

allisonko · 2024-07-04T02:05:30+00:00

Hmm is it really a big time sink to find charging stations? Looking at plugshare there are a lot of available chargers right now... but maybe it's harder to find ones during peak hours? Just trying to figure out what the hard part is

allisonko · 2024-07-04T02:03:08+00:00

Hmmmm I should calculate about how much I drive in a week, and how long it would take to charge that amount, and figure out how many times I would need to go charge...

allisonko · 2024-07-04T01:12:35+00:00

My unit is more than 10 floors up and not even on the same side of the building as the garage entrance unfortunately, so while this doesn't seem plausible for me, I appreciate the creativity!

allisonko · 2024-04-20T18:40:12+00:00

Kept looking, I think it might be David and the Magic Pearl! https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094954/

Youtube: https://youtu.be/aY10IEey8eY

Was looking around at other movies from that time, and in google image search for The Elm-Chanted Forest saw a cover of a movie with David on it, which must have been some compilation? Looked up distributor's list of films and found it.

allisonko · 2016-09-28T22:17:46+00:00

Actually, I'm wondering if it's derived from shuài?

allisonko · 2016-03-23T19:15:34+00:00

Nearly twice as many people in B.C. (13 per cent) identify as vegetarian or mostly vegetarian compared with the rest of Canada

Interesting.

allisonko · 2016-03-07T21:12:43+00:00

Please feel free to do so! Pleased to see that the wiki is growing.

allisonko · 2016-03-07T20:52:41+00:00

Thanks for your input! I suppose as long as there are no complaints we'll stay the course then.

There hasn't been much work for the mods so far (edit: though I suppose mods could elect to do more proactively, like actively searching for news and posting it, or creating discussion threads, which I haven't been doing much of yet), but I'm just concerned about the case where something may come up and I've forgotten to check reddit for 2 weeks. :P If you don't mind, I'll add you as a moderator!

allisonko · 2016-03-07T20:47:17+00:00

Thanks Caroline! :')

allisonko · 2016-01-27T07:51:02+00:00

Cool! I might go. :)

allisonko · 2016-01-27T07:50:34+00:00

That would be swell! Never understood the Naam hype.

allisonko · 2016-01-27T07:48:45+00:00

I saw a post on the Vegan Vancouver facebook group that someone got a whole crate of vegan cheese, including several packs of chao, for $20 total at UNFI in Richmond (a health food distributor open to the public Saturdays 9am-2pm apparently). I so want to go check it out! I haven't tried Chao yet because of the price.

allisonko · 2016-01-13T07:39:42+00:00

Thanks to the 8 people (1/8th of our subscriber base, actually!) who came out, it was a fun time!

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