She thought for a few seconds about wanting to see the braincast, and the images and thoughts started pouring into her mind. So, the old lady put the neural aids up to the side of her head, allowing it to magnetically latch onto the implants. “I remember that piece of junk! That thing almost stranded us, remember?” “There’s a really good braincast out today about the last old air-cooled car to charge up.” she said. He’s taking the business over next year.”Īn older woman was sitting down to eat when her wife came into the room, handing her a set of neural aids. “Can’t make any promises that my son’ll honor that. “Keep the old cabinet up at least.” David pleaded. David opened the back hatch, pulled out his CCS4 adapter, and set the car to charge on one of the new stations. So, they grabbed a few photos and 3D videos, and then unplugged the car. I can’t afford a custom-printed reproduction, either.” “Seriously? You said you’d keep this one going for me.” They said their editor would be OK with a staged photo.” Braydon said. “They wanted to see the last time an old air-cooled car charged, but sadly, that’s not going to happen. “What’s going on, Bray?” David asked, gesturing toward the people with the cameras. David pulled up in front of the station, got out, and grabbed the handle of the last CHAdeMO connector in the world. It had been a real whopper of a heat wave.Ī while later, David pulled up to the convenience store, and there were a couple of people with 3D cameras standing around next to Braydon. Only 90 out, which is a real break from the heat of the fall in Colorado that had just recently ran out of steam. Today, he was going to drive out there, charge the car, get some scans of it for the ‘Gram (that’s a dated 2D website only old people use these days), and then drive it back home.Īs he hit the road, it was a nice, cool day. Braydon had recently put in all new charging stations, and David convinced him to keep one old station running, for old times sake. He wanted to take it out to visit one of his buddies from his public service days, who now owned a convenience store a few hours away. “Well, almost all original.” he whispered to himself. He decided to take one of his quirky air-cooled EVs out on a drive today: his all-original 2011 Nissan LEAF. It still had problems, but he had given it a loving restoration. He got that one for cheap after a shop went up in flames decades earlier, and his Roadster was at the edge of the fire. He walked past an original Tesla Roadster he had recently got back from the shop for some electronics work. It was a slow Sunday in November, and he wanted to take one of his favorite old cars out for a spin.
It’s not easy to get gasoline in 2052, but it’s fun when the terrible bark of the Voltec four-cylinder comes to life at a car show and makes kids jump. And how many people have a 2011 Chevy Volt with the original black trunk? Only David and a handful of friends from his VR/AR chat group, that’s who! He was particularly proud of that one, because he managed to get reproduction battery cells and keep that car all original.
Everyone has an EV now, but not everyone has a pristine 2014 Model S, with the nosecone and all. Today, his cars got strange looks, and excited waves. He wasn’t rich by any means, but he had enough to pursue his hobby of collecting early EVs.
Plus, he picked up some odd consulting work. He made it as far as Assistant Chief, and came away with a very good pension. Now, he was retired and had a collection of EVs. Later, he wore one, along with a shiny metal badge to go with it. As a kid, he collected patches from police and fire departments.
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