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Hi all, Can anyone recommend a good portable level 1 EVSE? My dad bought a Leaf Plus recently. As many here know, the dual 120/240 volt OEM portable EVSE that comes with the Leaf Plus takes up a ton of trunk space (and is largely useless as a real-world 240 volt option), so I'd like to get my...

Nissan will supposedly ask its dealer network to take a profit hit on the Ariya in order to help pay for R&D. https://www.autonews.com/manufacturing/nissan-considers-dealer-margin-cut-ariya-ev-offset-rd

Sorry, I for some reason didn’t see page 2 and 3 of the posts above before I commented. Glad you figured it out. But OP, speaking of broken promises regarding new DCFC station, both EVGo and Nissan put out all this PR in 2019 — repeated by websites like Electrek and Clean Technica — that both...

I’d be just as inclined to suspect the EVGo charger as I would the onboard charger on the Leaf. This is anecdotal, but something weird is going on with EVGo, at least on the northeast. Since they got bought by LS Power last year, their reliability has tanked to EA-level lows. I’ve been “road...

OP, not sure where in CT, but if you’re anywhere within 90 minutes of NYC, that price would unfortunately not surprise me. I moved a couple years ago and took my EVSE with me. One electrician charged me $200 to take it out (took him 5 minutes) and another one charged me $375 (took him an hour...

I used Cool Calc for the Manual J: https://www.coolcalc.com/ I found it easy to use, and I'm not at all a STEM person. Doing your own Manual J is time consuming however - gathering measurements of every room in your place, making sure the data you enter about insulation, air infiltration, and...

Glad to hear it's working again. You're right about the DIY units - I was thinking of their other ones.

Also, you may already be aware of Green Building Advisor, but the folks on those forums are very knowledgeable and generous with their time: https://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/

What is up with EVgo? Ever since they got bought by LS Power last summer, they've had terrible reliability in the northeast, at least in my experience. From summer 2018 when I started using them until a few months ago, their reliability from DC to Boston has been flawless. I've taken my Leaf...

Leftie, sorry I'm late to the conversation -- I've been off MNL for a while, focusing on green energy projects at home. If it's not too late -- or if the Mr. Cool equipment needs to be replaced anyway -- could you swap the entire unit out for either a Mitsubishi or Fujitsu wall unit? The...

Excellent. Thanks for that context. In my 2019 SV+ with 92% SOH I average around 4 miles/kWh in hot summer weather going 70 mph indicated (about 65 mph actual). I actually just did a 290 mile drive using 69.85 kWh which at 55 kWh useable means a highway range in ideal summer conditions of 228...

Hey Doug, were you driving 70-75 mph indicated the whole time? Any traffic, slow downs, back roads? How hard were you trying hypermiling wise? That’s probably 65-70 mph actual. And assuming ~55 kWh useable on a 2019 Leaf Plus battery with 91-92% SOH, then your highway range at those speeds and...

If it’s true that Hyundai is achieving a higher fast charging speed by adding a much bigger buffer to the battery, why not instead lower the fast charging speed to a safer level and then make that buffer capacity into useable capacity? I have to think most people would prefer say 350 miles of...

Hi Knightmb, where is that cargo room spec from? Thanks.

Is there any more info on the cargo space question? As others have said, judging by the pictures alone, it seems impossible that the cargo space is only 14-16 cubic feet. But then again, Nissan has yet to answer the question, almost a full year later. To my knowledge, they also still aren't...