TALKINGplug Helps Globe & Mail Writer Test New BMW Electric Mini
The Globe & Mail’s Peter Cheney has been using Zerofootprint’s TALKINGplug to measure the electricity consumption of new electric cars on the market. In October, he weighed in on his life as the owner of the BMW Electric Mini.
Peter Cheney, The Globe & Mail
October 8, 2010
“...As I headed over to my wife’s school to pick her up at the end of the day, the battery was at 35 per cent. I was confident we’d make it home. Even so, our garage was a welcome sight. I pulled out the charger and plugged it in. I had already installed an experimental device from a company called Zerofootprint to determine how much the electricity for a charge would cost: the Talking Plug would measure how many electrons were being pumped into the Mini E, and put the results on the Internet.
The next morning, my phone rang. It was Zerofootprint, the company that was monitoring my electricity usage. According to them, the Mini had consumed zero power overnight.”
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