Recent content by Johninmi

I told myself that I'll have a story to tell my grandchildren of how an electric car was socially unacceptable at one point in time!

Thanks everyone for the replies. I guess I wished for too much! The superintendent stopped by today and spoke with me. He stated that they couldn't approve of a policy to allow charging. I asked if a flat rate would be more appropriate to offset the cost and I am not sure that he had thought...

I just sent off a letter to my employer to request to be able to plug in to existing 120V outlets that are open at work. The letter is below, but I'm posting it here to see if anyone else has gone through this process and what other questions will they be asking? Any other points I should bring...

Thanks everyone for the responses. I'll be looking at getting a current transformer set up for this. I think that will be best. I like the idea of using the gauge in the car, but there are a lot of times we are not charging at home, so it wouldn't give us an accurate representation of what we...

Thanks for the input, we are definitely getting a 240V system installed. Luckily there is a rebate with our local power company, Consumer's Energy, where they will pay to have 240V run to your garage and the 240V EVSE, up to $2500. They go through Bosch so that is the unit we are considering...

So we took home our 2015 Nissan Leaf S with Quick Charge on Saturday and one of the first questions I had was, how much electricity am I using to charge this thing? I couldn't find it on any of the dash readings and since we have an S we don't have any of the fancy readings on the screen. Any...

Thanks everyone for your replies! I didn't have internet this weekend, so coming back to this is pretty cool! I also asked the dealer if they can get a hold of an SV with the LED/ Quick Charge option. Looks like they can get one. :) It's $328 a month so a bit high, but looks pretty good.

We are considering a Nissan Leaf S with quick Charge option vs the Nissan Leaf SV without the charge package. I thought the SV had the heat pump and the S didn't, but the dealer stated that the S with quick charge option does have it. I live in Michigan and will be putting about 300 miles per...