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Picked up my leaf Monday. It still emits the smell while charging only. Except now the smell is so strong it lingers from charge complete around 3am until 7:30am when I leave in the morning. The smell goes away after cycling cabin air with windows open for a few minutes. I checked yesterday...

I'm not worried of it immediately catching fire, it's the damage that it could be causing while charging that I'm worried about. The smell could be the AC/DC converter, but likely it's the charge controller or battery as the smell is only in the cabin. Anyways I'm picking up my Leaf from the...

It was after the second charging event, 13 hours apart, full charge by 3am, 4pm plug-in at ChargePoint. At 4:30 went back to car to change my baby and noticed it. Max temp for Pleasant Hill CA for Saturday the 27th, the day I noticed it, was 79 degrees. ChargePoint is in a 6 story garage on the...

I noticed for the first time in 16 months that a smell of burning electronics coming from the cabin only while charging at 240V. Unconfirmed at 110V. This happened first at a ChargePoint station, then at a Nisan Dealership an hour later. I drove home after being told I'd have to leave it a day...

I two haven't been able to access Carwings since yesterday in the Bay Area, CA. Today at 11am I called Carwings customer support and they said they are having server issues. They took my info and said they will call me back within 24-48 hours to further trouble shoot since they expect their...

If you use your Leaf as your main vehicle, like me, what did it replace? (whether or not you kept it) For me: My Leaf replaces my Honda Civic EX

When I was referring to Fujitaxi, I was saying he must be charging to 80% SOC because immediate regen would decrease the daily kWh used in calculation, thereby increasing mi/kWh calculated. At lease that's what I have to assume. You see, I drove 50.3 miles and charged that night with 14.97...

So, to maximize mi/kWh as reported by Carwings, charging to 80% SOC is the way to go. Also, is this why the L3 is "80% charge in 30 minutes"? I wonder if 'Fujitaxi' charges to 80% to get the high rankings in mi/kWh.

I posted about this recently. I hope I can help figure out some numbers with you all. With the three metrics I've outlined I get: MPGe - Efficiency - 113 MPGe - Emissions - 79 MPGe - Economy - 112 Of course those totals are for my locale, gas was $3.999 just three weeks ago. Once I get my...

Total Miles Driven : 78 Date: 6-21-2011 Condition: Battery Low Terrain: ~60miles freeway, rest city Speed: 80% 65+mph, 20% 30mph Weather: 70 degrees, windows open no A/C Mi/KWh: 4.1 Leaf

I was accepted for a free charger in February, ordered in March, delivered in June. Problem was I never read the part that said I needed to order an SL and choose the QCP option (L3) to receive the free L2 charger. So when my SV came I didn't get the free charger, oh well. Now trying to go...

Electrician AV sent out was from 50 miles away in SF, I think I'll go with a local electrician and buy the Leviton.

2011-06-08: Leaf Purchased 2011-06-08: CA Rebate Reserved online 2011-06-09: CA Rebate application mailed 2011-06-13: CA Rebate Domestic Return Receipt signed Awaiting: Registration License Plates CA Rebate

I get 4.1miles/kWh reported from my Leaf, 3.36miles/kWh calculated from my Kill-A-Watt meter and the trip reading. Gauging by that, either 98.4 miles actual (including regen breaking) or 80.64 miles pre-breaking calculations (all highway in other words). So far 450 miles.

I'm in the process of getting E9B. My main concern isn't double billing, per se. My question is the baseline usage. Am I wrong in assuming each meter will have a baseline, and that each is the same ( 495kWh/month). So my current average of 500-600 will be on my regular bill, then 260 will be on...