Yes, I have signed up on Voltstats I am Steve's EV on that site thanks to someone's suggestion when I introduced myself here. I don't know how some of the stats are achieved. I am just driving like I normally would in a regularly powered vehicle and once in a while I try some of the techniques discussed here.
It will take me a while to get over being in the lead on the road. I am in Northern VA and driving here is more like driving a Grand Prix course than a highway and sometimes I feel compelled to keep pace which requires some speed. Plus once I return to work I will be picking up riders to ride in our HOV-3 lanes and my mileage will likely suffer with two additional riders. ( I could discriminate and pick small people I suppose!)
As far as colors go, I had several choices, Black with tan, Gray with black, or Silver with black. The dealer had one Veridian Joule with all the features and one with mostly everything but no nav no Bose so I passed on that one. I was hoping for a red/maroon one but nobody really had one around me here or at least equipped the way I wanted it to be equipped so by default I wound up with the higher cost color so as to not blend in. Now if there was a diamond white one, I might have been compelled to be more snobish and join that club but didn't see one of those either.
Thanks for letting me know that I am not being ignored. On the other sites I chatted on, they were a tad different and might have attracted a different following where as here it is more politically charged and a discussion on one model and a whole concept of change to our infrastructure, economy and generally the way we think energy and transportation.
I still think that my idea of the invention of portable and universal battery chasis would be the way to go. I had this idea years ago and got nowhere. There could be several types of chasis for different types of vehicles and differing capacity levels. The energy companies could run the show as they continue to do now but it would be like pull up to the station, plug in to a computer that reads the condition of your battery chasis and then gives you a fully charged one and you are on your way again. Costs would be nominal since it is a swap for equal batteries as is the propane tanks you exchange at almost everywhere nowadays.
Keeping the energy companies in the loop would keep the peace and we wouldn't need a new infrastructure and range would never be an issue. As more cars electrify, less pumps would be needed and in time, none would be needed. Just my concept. I guess I should have posted this part elsewhere though.
Steven