When I heard that Tom Moloughney passed the 20,000-mile mark in his Mini E, I asked him to write about his experiences for our Long-Term Road Test blog. Inside Line's Mini E #116 hasn't racked up nearly as many miles. Tom lives on the East Coast and deals with more extreme weather conditions. He also has two high-voltage charging stations, one at home and one at his place of work. He owns a restaurant in Montclair, New Jersey called Nauna's Bella Casa . Here are his comments. — Donna DeRosa, Managing Editor My name is Tom Moloughney and I'm driving Mini E #250 in Northern New Jersey. I was asked by Inside Line to write a summary of my experiences in the past eight months since I picked up the car on June 12, 2009. I applied for Mini's trial lease program because I was looking into the future of alternative fuel vehicles. I like new technology and I believe America needs to become more energy independent for security and economic reasons. I wanted to be part of the beginning of the movement in that direction. In my first three months with the car I was using up every mile of the 100-120-mile range per charge, frequently driving the last 10 miles after the range indicator had hit zero. Many of us in the Mini E program soon realized you can drive it about 20 miles more than the range…
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Guest Blogger: Tom Moloughney and Mini E #250
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Since Tom Moloughney is installing a home charging PV array, I would like to compare the analysis I just finished for such an installation in Seattle, sized for annual EV charging. This would help validate a PV sizing model that everybody could use.
The good news is that in certain states, the PV array can pay for itself in 8 years, considering fuel savings added to incentives. Please forward this request. Thanks much. TF
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