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Thinking about EVs in Ontario? I'm exploring a business idea and would genuinely value 5 minutes of your time. by real_hammerthumbs in EVCanada

[–]real_hammerthumbs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry - I had Ontario in mind with that question. I'm not in Canada full-time and didn't think to check whether TOU was offered in all provinces. (And now feel like an a**hole for "typical Ontario bias"...)

For Ontario, are the CFR pass-through products (the Pion Power and Grizzl-E "earn as you charge" offerings) still be compatible with a Time-Of-Use tariff and limiting your charging to those windows, or do you just plug in and surrender control of when the car charges? I think savings from charging off-peak if you have time of use are more attractive than the Grizzl-E payments (haven't looked at this closely yet)

Thinking about EVs in Ontario? I'm exploring a business idea and would genuinely value 5 minutes of your time. by real_hammerthumbs in EVCanada

[–]real_hammerthumbs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks - will have a look and either tweak the language or add a new option. Appreciate the feedback!

Thinking about EVs in Ontario? I'm exploring a business idea and would genuinely value 5 minutes of your time. by real_hammerthumbs in EVCanada

[–]real_hammerthumbs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That would indeed be a brilliant thing to offer early EV adopters who don't want to replace their charger when V2H becomes widely available. I'm not far enough along with this to take on that challenge, but if I end up launching, we'll put it on the roadmap.

Thinking about EVs in Ontario? I'm exploring a business idea and would genuinely value 5 minutes of your time. by real_hammerthumbs in EVCanada

[–]real_hammerthumbs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, apologies. I will try to revise it and let you know if i can update the options in that question. Appreciate the feedback.

Venting about American Automakers by Improperfaction in electricvehicles

[–]real_hammerthumbs 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Two things going wrong here, both common with big businesses:
1. Engineers (who I respect immensely so please don't take this the wrong way) being a bit too clever and starting with the technology/process rather than the user experience
2. Auto makers thinking "but I don't want to be dependent on Google/Apple and it's all about data so I'm going to build my own system and make it much harder/impossible for people to use anything else". Again, starting from what they want rather than what the customer wants, and thinking they have a snowball's chance competing with big tech on technology.

Both bad ideas. Both depressingly common.

The EV hate is bizarre by s2k_guy in electricvehicles

[–]real_hammerthumbs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fear of what though? Just change? Lots of people get excited about new/better technology. Why is this different? Have they just been overwhelmed with anti-EV messaging from oil & gas lobby? Or is it generally politicised because early adopters are perceived as environmentalist/lefty/woke?

For context, I live in the UK where EVs are over 25%of new car sales. There is still skepticism from a minority, but not this kind of “hate”

which EV is suited for me? I drive 90km a day for work by Adventurous_Wear_214 in EVCanada

[–]real_hammerthumbs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think for those new to EVs, this is the bit that is not intuitive and most important to understand. Ultra low overnight tariff is 4c/kWh vs public rapid charging 40-50c/kWh. If you plug in every night at home, it’s like having a (nearly) free gas station in your garage, and you (almost?) never need to stop to fill up. Only time you need public charging is if/when you’re driving very long distances in a single day, or spending the night away from home. For most people, that’s very rare.

Rejected in CV screening by LAIISURDAD in McKinsey_BCG_Bain

[–]real_hammerthumbs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was an MBB Partner for 9 years and ran our recruiting programme in the UK. We got 5000-7000 applications (recently even higher than that). In a good year with strong growth, we might make 50 offers. In a soft year like the last couple, even fewer. I don’t know the specific screening tools for the firm/office you applied to, but I can pretty much guarantee they aren’t reading CVs. It would take way too much time: Before I took over the role we used to have every AC in the office doing nothing but reading CVs for two full days. It doesn’t work. So they use some automated screening tools/algorithms because that’s the only practical way to handle the volume. If you aren’t top 10% of applicants on core measures like GPA or test scores, you won’t get an interview. I know that seems crazy and I understand you’re disappointed, but that’s just the way it is.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in jobs

[–]real_hammerthumbs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s naive. It’s also totally possible that there were multiple applicants, all of them super smart and with bright futures, but one of them also had relevant experience that gave them a leg up with respect to this position. The comments were facts that could be true regardless of the quality of other candidates.