Category: Switzerland
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The Long Sleep
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAfter the long drive I ofen have a long sleep, hence no post.
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EV Charging around Signy and Nyon
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Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday morning I plugged the car in to charge at Signy Centre while shopping and for the price of a coffee I charged the car by ten percent. I then went to the lakeside of Nyon to test the Service Industriel de Nyon (SIN) chargers and failed. They were out of service…
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Car Apps That Don’t Work
Reading Time: 2 minutesI am fatigued by cars and their apps. When I was using the Citroën car twice a week it was working fine but then I let it sit for a month and then it stopped synching correctly. I have done several trips now, and the journeys are either not recorded properly or…
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The Morning Afternoon Run
Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday or recently I had a discussion about running. The discussion was about whether I have a favourite time of day to run and whether I can eat before a run and still run. The answer is that I’m flexible in the time at which I run. I can run as easily…
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Not at a Keyboard
Reading Time: < 1 minuteToday I didn’t spend much time at a keyboard so I have not written a blog post. I thought it might inspire me, but in the end it left me with silence, for now.
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Twitter Account Deactivated
Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I finally took the step of deactivating my account, and then reactivating it, and then this morning deactivating it again. Normally when I lose interest in a social network I just forget about it and I’m done. In this situation I didn’t forget about it though. I went a step further.…
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How Old Fashioned A Petrol Engine Seems
Reading Time: < 1 minuteEvery single time I go from driving an EV to driving a petrol car I am struck by old fashioned and smelly old cars are compared to new ones. In this context an old car is any car that has a petrol engine rather than an electric motor. I had to…
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Running Somewhere
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf I run in a loop I will eventually have to run uphill and that can be strenuous. If I run in a straight line then I can run downhill for at least part of the hill and then a slightly shallower gradient uphill. I mention this because although my walks are…
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Charging Electric Cars in Switzerland
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Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter some trial and error I finally managed to get an electric car to charge at public charging points. The first success was at an evpass charging station where I was able to charge 13.1kW/h in an hour and 14 minutes using the app on my phone and a credit card for…