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I've had my Leaf through 3 hot CA desert summers, driven over 17,000 miles, and only have lost one bar. Leaf lease has been very good to me. Nissan rebated the $7,500 up front, plus the CA smog $$ rebate, & lease pmt is at least $100 less than I was paying for petrol alone, so I've saved that in...

Does the new Reno "Mega-factory" alter any of the outlook toward Tesla/Musk? IMHO, Musk arranged some amazing State incentives.

Really hoping for news on topic of Nissan v battery use. Am in Coachella Valley (Hot, desert, below sea level. Did I say hot?) Own 2012 Leaf, bought 9-1-11. Will likely be down 3 or 4 capacity bars by end of this sumer. What to do . . . seek a warranty fix or a different vehicle? Leaf has...

Looks like a dealer by dealer policy. Postings on this forum over the past 3 years suggest inconsistency is the common characteristic among Nissan dealers.

Torre Nissan, La Quinta, CA has a new, totally free DC, and I've used it. They still have two free L2 chargers, and they keep them available 24/7. The Redlands Nissan dealer also has a new DC for free, along with their L2. All we need now is a DC point in the Banning/Beaumont area to connect...

I live in SoCal low desert, near Indio, CA - Leaf has been through 2 hot summers with daily summer temps >105f, with highs up to 122f. Total miles 9600 and it still has excellent range. This month I lost the 1st bar, so I still have 11 which seems to be reasonable and predictable for the first...

I've been offline for a couple of months, so I missed the news about this. But 2 weeks ago, my Nissan Dealer told me I should sign up for the free 12 rental days per year. That was the first I'd heard of any free rentals for Leaf owners. They said nothing about any battery deal, just a free...

A closely related issue --Car Fax, et al, report insurance body repair. We were scraped along the passenger side by a truck. His insurance paid 100% and our Leaf is fixed perfectly, but now we won't have a clear history. I'm wondering if we will loose at lease end?

Exactly, so why not do this as a co-op of EV drivers and either private or public sponsors within a huge metropolitan area (SMSA)? Eventually a network allowing driving to all points within that SMSA would exist. Eventually, the SMSAs could build links to other SMSAs within the state, adding...

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The absolute need for 100% reliability is an insurmountable reality now. What happens when the system is down? Will our personal driving skills be as sharp as they need to be, especially after we have surrendered them to autonomous systems? The old adage "use it or lose it" applies to my other...

Encouraging reading, but getting from home to this network of charging points is a problem I'd like to see addressed. East-west travel across California is a problem, which may be solved by first building networks to resorts, then making secondary networks that allow approach from more than the...

Well, o.k., maybe it's this, knowledge is power. This complete course was less than $50 when I was first saw it, and it is fully capable of taking a novice from the beginning steps to building a complete, stand alone solar system (off the grid, battery backup). A grid-tied system of course is...

My previous long trip (150 miles) was to the El Segundo Plug-In Sunday. I was the guy in the black wheelchair-(my decades old EV). Maybe it's naïveté, perhaps old age, but I've been an avid EV reader over the past 4 years, and carrying all these adapters has missed my in box. Oh sure, I bought...