Thank you BMW. After 30 years of generic gasoline blah.... I have once again fallen in love, or is it lust, with an automobile. Our BMW one year anniversary, our journey in pictures. Solar & Sungas forever.
2007, Solar PV installation on our home
Our first EV to drive on sunshine "Woody"
2009 Additional 3kw Solar PV to power our Mini-E "Buzz". "Sungas" Station
A home and a car 100% solar powered
Woody shares the garage with Buzz for a year. Our version of Toy Story
Buzz is one handsome dude!
BMW cast Buzz, Buzz and I, in a four part documentary film on the future of mobility.
Buzz in the vineyard in Temecula
Buzz parking only
Our first public charging. Pre-J1772 at South Coast Plaza
Buzz at the beach
Buzz camping in Borrego Springs
Buzz, with 38,000 miles meets Sungas
Julie claims/steals Sungas as her car
Julie and Sungas. Beautiful and Beautiful.
Sungas and solar, beautiful and beautiful
Sungas at 5400 ft above sea level, a 104 mile ride up and down the mountain
Sungas in Idyllwild Ca on a 550 mile vacation
Sungas enjoying a sunset
Sungas in the vineyards
Sungas dropping into Palm Springs
Sungas in the Anza Borrego Desert
Sungas at a dead dino juice station
The last gas car I ever owned, Good Bye Plastic Car.
EVangelizing at Plug in America Day
Two ev's sharing the plug love
Today is our one year anniversary with Sungas.
Julie and I will never buy gasoline again for the rest of our lives.
Can I say, "Solar envy"? I live in the central valley of CA there are no electric refueling stations in my local area so traveling any distance would be a problem. I do have solar on my home but intend to add more and hopefully be off grid some day. I really like the Tesla but its expensive. Happy Plugging to ya!!
Like everyone else who got an Active-E, I'll never go back to a gasoline engine car again. Living in Palm Springs, there is plenty of sunshine to power my home AND my car. I slightly underestimated my solar panel needs at 5.5 kWh, but still only had a $1500.00 electric bill for the year and $0 for gasoline. Still a no-brainer. People look at my Active-E and are surprised it's ALL electric. Most comment that they wished electric cars looked a little more 'normal'. Unfortunately I have to agree, I'm not a fan of the new i3 and praying BMW releases the Active-E as well. From what I can tell, it will blow away the competition.
We drove out there and stayed at the renaissance esmeralda because they had a charging station. You're all set with the great combo of solar and evs. At first I did not like the i3 but it is growing on me. The interior is amazing. I to wish I could keep the ActiveE, but I wished that I could keep the Mini-E in the beginning as well. For me the next car looks to be the i3. Cheers Thanks for your comment!
Can I say, "Solar envy"? I live in the central valley of CA there are no electric refueling stations in my local area so traveling any distance would be a problem. I do have solar on my home but intend to add more and hopefully be off grid some day. I really like the Tesla but its expensive. Happy Plugging to ya!!
ReplyDeleteLike everyone else who got an Active-E, I'll never go back to a gasoline engine car again. Living in Palm Springs, there is plenty of sunshine to power my home AND my car. I slightly underestimated my solar panel needs at 5.5 kWh, but still only had a $1500.00 electric bill for the year and $0 for gasoline. Still a no-brainer. People look at my Active-E and are surprised it's ALL electric. Most comment that they wished electric cars looked a little more 'normal'. Unfortunately I have to agree, I'm not a fan of the new i3 and praying BMW releases the Active-E as well. From what I can tell, it will blow away the competition.
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ReplyDeleteWe drove out there and stayed at the renaissance esmeralda because they had a charging station. You're all set with the great combo of solar and evs. At first I did not like the i3 but it is growing on me. The interior is amazing. I to wish I could keep the ActiveE, but I wished that I could keep the Mini-E in the beginning as well.
For me the next car looks to be the i3.
Cheers
Thanks for your comment!