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Lol I drive at or below the speed limit almost all the time. As long as you’re not obstructing the passing lanes... I find it much more relaxing with auto steering and adaptive cruise to hang out at or below the speed limit in the right lanes. Let the crazies pass on the left.. it’s the...

It looks for sustained low current (usually at a stop light.. in this condition it will put a single dot (5 pixels if I recall) on the first page somewhere) then if it sees max or near max current soon after (like a hard acceleration) it will sample the voltage and compare to rest voltage...

40kWh vs 60kWh... hmmm If you really did need more than 40kWh, say, once a week... how much would you pay to not spend 30min/wk at a DCQC? And if you occasionally need to drive over 300 miles, perhaps a pure EV isn't the best fit.

Hard to gauge "90%" of ones needs.. I could get by with some inconvenience with my 10bar Leaf (or for that matter the gen1 EV1) but there are also times when I need MUCH more range for a 300-500mile trip (SoCal to Vegas, SF, Tahoe) where a 60 mile (or 84 mile) car would just be way too much...

Cool! Congrats. I've heard the PW2 cannot export to the grid. Does anyone know if this is a software issue like Schneider SW inverters that monitor AC in and add current to cover (but not exceed) loads? Or like Magnum which actually switch out the grid and run the loads on inverter alone...

No worries, I had to run the numbers a few times just for sanity. The scale is daunting. My new Volt shows total daily kWh and mileage and I find myself constantly converting to mi/kWh in my head as that's what I'm used to from the Leaf. But yeah back in the old days (EV1) we always talked in...

Up to 247,913MWh including yesterday.

As of yesterday the California ISO had curtailed (shut down) 242.9GWh of renewable power this year, mostly solar, due to over-generation. I figure that's almost a billion EV miles.

I just got my latest bill. Month 10 of the cycle. -$43.59 (mostly thanks to the $31 CA climate rebate). Down to -$271.44 net with 2856 kWh consumed from the grid. Also noted in one the CPUC filings (in the bill) that SCE is seeking a $70 million rate increase to cover two Tesla (Ontario) and...

Looking into the arbitrage stuff a little more it looks like SCE is one of the most advantageous with regard to differentials between on and off peak. SDGE looks terrible and PG&E only slightly better. Many northern utilities (BCHydro, Liberty Utilities) have a small differential but also a...

I don't know either.. but if they want me to charge my batteries from solar power they need to make the daytime rate when the sun is shining cheaper than the night time rate. If they made the rate from 10am to 4pm $0.10 or less I would gladly switch to daytime charging.

Good question.. If you're willing to shell out the cash for Powerwall 2s with installation I don't know what would stop you from doing this. There's nothing wrong with charging batteries from the grid at whatever time you're willing to do so. The question is when you feed it back to the grid...

In olden times battery based grid tied inverters like my old Xantrex/Trace SW4048 would do all of the above.. albeit with PV strings in a relatively low voltage (48-55V) tied to batteries with no ability to do peak powerpoint tracking. If the grid goes down, the house isolates itself and can...

If you have an older 48V PV system, adding a more advanced battery is easy. I've got 10kWh on my system ($1400) and I'm cycling 6kW daily. On SCE it's getting me an additional $400 energy credit annually.. The batteries are cheap.. but the inverters are a tad pricey. My old Xantrex SW4048 is...

Is anyone else in SCE territory using an older 48v battery based PV system? I was reluctant to switch from my home TOU-DT and TOU-EV1 plans to the new TOU-DA plan but it has worked out great so far. So much so that I ditched the 2nd meter for the car and am now charging on the single TOU-DA...

Hey gang.. just a quick note on the LeafDD firmware update.. It seems the new Nissan update has removed the passive CAN bit I was reading to determine charge vs drive mode. So now the LeafDD thinks it's in charge mode all the time. All that means is the display is slightly dimmed and the...

I should clarify.. a BEV that NEEDS A CHARGE TO REACH THEIR DESTINATION should take priority. A BEV that does NOT *need* a charge is no different from a PHEV and it should be first come first served. In this case a nominal fee for L2 stations should solve the problem. I've seen Volt drivers...

As a Volt driver (and former Leaf driver), I would say unplug the Volt. That is of course assuming it is a dire situation and you really NEED the juice to get home. Leave a note explaining yourself, perhaps offer to pay for the PHEV's charge when you depart (if they're still there). I also...

Test drove a Bolt today.. a tad more spartan interior compared to the Leaf or Volt2 but I found the seats acceptable.. Certainly can't complain about the range or acceleration. It's not trivial to get the car to shift in reverse (or drive), hard to see how someone could do it accidentally.

Sorry, my bad.. yeah the shunts are off when the car is off. I recall posting a video of the shunts turning on after power up using LeafDD. Still. If the same 95 shunts are on any time the car is powered up that would imply chasing a self discharging cell. And yeah, that's wasteful but...