Recent content by caSteve

Just curious if anyone here has experience with the same journey. I'm thinking of doing the reverse (San Luis Obispo to LA) and wondered how or if I could pull it off. I've been looking at plugshare to see what's available. The trip is about 200 miles, and the car is a 2015 with still rather...

Chargepoint's practice of pre-charging you in blocks of $25 is a poor choice on their part, in terms of customer relations. It leaves a bitter taste for the customer, and it's essentially unjustified. It's heavy handed compared to, for example, Uber's or Zipcar's way of charging people for...

Just a followup. This turned out exactly as people predicted. I topped up the 12V with a maintainer the night before parking outdoors in warm/hot/sunny weather for three weeks. There was no noticeable loss in charge on the drive battery after three weeks. I am now plenty confident to do this...

Thanks all -- I'm surprised. I thought surely that B-mode regularly produces more than the minimum amount of friction braking needed to trigger an ordinary car's lights. Maybe that's an illusion. If not, it hardly seems like sorting out the lights would be an engineering challenge.

I haven't had a chance to test this, so thought I'd ask. Do the brake lights go on during regenerative braking? I mean, even when my foot is not on the brake pedal, the braking can feel significant enough to surprise someone following close behind. It's especially true when in B-mode.

Doesn't sound like you're the only uber leaf. I'm guessing you're the only one near Des Moines though, if not all of Iowa or the midwest.

Thanks all -- this was a great help.

I'm going out of town for a about three weeks. Was planning to leave my leaf parked near the airport for the whole time. It will have about 70% charge when I park it. I believe that the drive battery would lose almost no charge over that time, except that if I understand correctly, it'll act...

Just my two cents, but with a commute on the long side like that, it seems to me that you're the perfect candidate for waiting until the longer-range battery comes out. Two more cents: I have a 2015, and I wouldn't be comfortable with a commute as long as yours (I worry more than most about...

Date: 6/27/2015 Mileage: 1836 GIDs:280 kWh:21.7 SOC:93.9% SOH:100% HX:101.76% Ahr:64.38 Avg Battery Temp:71.2

I did, but good point. At first I thought that's what was going on, but it wasn't. In fact, this put me slightly over the first $25, so they took another $25. The charging in blocks of $25 is also something that struck me as odd. I can't say that's so horrible, but it was another unpleasant...

Right, it's there to see. They aren't deceptive about it. I just wasn't thinking clearly, or lacked experience.

I know the price structure varies. Just wondering how common the one I encountered is.

My work installed a bunch of ChargePoint charging stations. They are rarely in use, so I gave them a try. I discovered that they charge $6 per hour for being at the station for more than 4 hours. After my first full work-day, I returned to see a charge of about $25. I thought I'd be in the...

I'm sure that there's some form of corrosion warranty. If you're worried, why not take it into a dealer? Ask if it's covered, and to see if any of the covered parts are showing rust.