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Many of the agencies in the Washington area have installed L2s in parking garages. Perhaps the NIH is ahead of the game offering free charging: http://www.ors.od.nih.gov/pes/dats/parking/Pages/Electric-Vehicle-Pilot-Program.aspx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Repair costs = $3k

Yea... It sent me a happy message that it was fully charged. I guess the car doesn't seem to care if it's crushed, but if you unplug it before it's charged...

Not a good idea...

Pure BS. Many good products have been destroyed by unfair FUD campaigns. Many unworthy products have succeeded by aggressive advertising. Perceptions play a large role in how we spend our money, especially for low volume items (things people purchase infrequently, like computers and cars)...

This is very well done.

"Electric ladyland: when battery-powered cars were built for women" http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/04/electric-ladyland-when-battery-powered-cars-were-built-for-women.ars" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I guess electric cars are supposed to be for women. Who knew?

Yes. That's what you want. You could go with the Generac RTSX100A3 for about $350. It would be easy to get that to work, and they're widely available (e.g. Home Depot).

Here's my install. I gave up on the idea of an outdoor installation and decided to mount it indoors. I may add a second mount plate outdoors at a later date. I also found it useful to mount the unit 3" from the wall. This makes more room for the cord below. I also added a 30A 2-pole...

The benefits of the removal of local pollution seems to be always neglected in these articles. While global CO2 pollution is important, it's the local pollution that's making us sick and killing the elderly.

That's what the design I posted above is based on (Magnum MS4448PAE). But you also need the rest of the infrastructure (e.g. batteries, ACR, voltage controller, equilizer, meters,...)

Only in crazy conservative land.. Conservatives always are supposed to press for fairness and responsibility and lower taxes, thus ending welfare for gas guzzlers must be portrayed as an unfair tax increase.

That's a great idea. Does anyone sell a CAN bus communicator? Does anyone know how to do this? Do we have all the relevant specs? I think the basic requirements should be: 1. Less than 1000 lbs and less than $10,000, compact. 2. One shot rapid battery to battery charge dump (higher voltage...

A few points: It's not only for base camp. It's also a "rescue" vehicle, or a range extender in general. There are lots of potential uses. If you put the batteries in the LEAF itself, you can nearly double its range. Most of the time, the extra batteries in the vehicle (about 22 kWh) would...

I have two thoughts on this. One idea is to add a PTO to a diesel van, and use both alternators to produce enough power to run the EVSE. The van would need to be running while charging. The second idea (design posted above) is to have enough extra battery to run the charger quietly for 5...

OK. Here's a first attempt. The cost is too still high, and it weighs about 700lbs. But it would allow for quiet L2 charging for about 5 hours. The RHS (about 600lbs) could, in principle, be stored in the LEAF itself effectively doubling its range, but seriously limiting loading capacity to...

That is so disingenuous. Look here is what Congress was voting on last week: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/s2204/text" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; This is the EXACT bill that Obama was urging and that the GOP was so eager to defeat. Here is the name of the bill...

That's it? Zero responses? No one wants a mobile L2 charger that doesn't involve hauling around a large and noisy generator? I can think of all sorts of ways to use such a thing. I'll work up a modest design and post it (hoping for comments).

There's a general misconception that the affluent are conservative. In the above $100k income range, there's nearly an equal split between conservative and liberal. The #2 correlating factor is education. The educated wealthy are nearly always liberal, and the uneducated wealthy are nearly...

I want to build a vehicle based mobile L2 charger. Of course, one could buy a 4000W 240V generator lug that around and get that to work, but that's not what I'm looking for. I'd like to have a reliable vehicle based system, where the van can double as a camper. Basic idea: 1. Get a diesel...