Recent content by madhaus

Seriously, Mike? You would ban Tony **from every EV forum** after giving him only one day to reply to you? If that is the case, that's beyond capricious. If you have so little respect for the people who make these forums worthwhile, then I wouldn't be surprised if they find somewhere else to...

Thanks for the vote of confidence! Check out our Yelp reviews, too. We want our customers to be happy buying from us. And as a long-time LEAF owner, yes, I can answer your questions about the LEAF, EVs, and charging rather than simply sell you a car.

Oh come on, the Ch*vy Sp*rk will have the Fr*nk*npl*g Real Soon Now. The fun will be which comes first, CCS delivered on Sporks or CCS actually available to retail customers.

Whoops! We had our July meeting already but no announcement in advance. Here are the minutes from that meeting which was held on July 11th. This was an evening meeting held at Nissan Sunnyvale Research Center. There were more than 75 attendees. Our August meeting won't take place at the...

It's time for a celebration! With more than 100,000 EVs on the road, you are part of a big, positive change in transportation and saving the environment! Come and party at EV Summit '13, hosted by SF BayLEAFs and (of course) EAASV! There will be plenty for the EV driver, the enthusiast, and...

Hi Assaf! You might remember me from Daily Kos as well. I haven't blogged about EVs but pipe up in the comments when the subject comes up. I've had my LEAF since December 2011 and we got solar installed in April 2012. Those fake lifecycle studies drive me up the wall. There's the one from...

Why would I want to pay $100/month for "9 bars" rather than a measurable capacity guarantee? Software updates could redefine 9 bars to be anything. Right now once you lose the ninth bar, you have 66 2/3% capacity, which really isn't sufficient for most Leaf owners. As others have said, we need...

I would change mine more if Nissan offered a better grade.

I am also getting faster charges and obviously less capacity, and I assumed it was due to the cold weather we've been having (in the Bay Area). We've had many days where I had to scrape frost/ice off the windshield. Even when it's too warm for frost, I have to run the defroster to get the...

I'm running stock 4.1.1 on a Samsung GNex, and several other users with the same phone report it doesn't work. 4.1 is Jellybean, different release than 4.0 (Jellybean vs Ice Cream Sandwich). The phones would not connect at all, maybe the login problems you refer to. I had then when I first got...

I have completely given up on the Android app after reading from others that the penultimate upgrade broke again with Android 4.1. So I've not upgraded it because it was still kinda sorta working and all the Galaxy Nexus users were reporting that it wouldn't connect at all. They've since...

I am so frustrated by this 80% charging business. Until I heard about the Phoenix battery capacity woes, I had always charged to 100%. Then decided maybe I should be a little more proactive about prolonging the batteries. So I set the charge time from midnight to midnight with an 80% charge...

I wish I could pledge more, but for now, I'm in for $100. Perhaps later I can raise that by much more, but I can't promise anything. Also, Indiegogo is the site you want to use to raise money. Not Kickstarter, they don't do charity/donations. Anyone who reads The Oatmeal will be familiar...

Parade is THIS SATURDAY MORNING! So far we have 8 confirmed LEAFs! I'd like to have TEN, which is the maximum they are allowing us. Arrive before 8:45, our staging time is 10:24, and maybe we'll be hitting the endpoint by noon. You can display your LEAF at the Celebration if you wish, this...

There is no way I would agree to that "Blink can change anything we want about this agreement and not even bother telling you we changed it" language. Tying this phrasing to the commercial Blink membership is even more questionable. I simply had the spouse sign up for a Blink membership...