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So lucky thing we were out washing our Leaf in the driveway today. Down the street neighbor cruises by in a shiny new blue Leaf. Ask how he likes it and he says it is a rental from Enterprise and he says he can't get it charged. We ask what happens and he says he plugs in an lights blink but...

Charged 4 hours while we went to watch the Tour of CA. Very convenient with lots of restaurants nearby. Talked at length to internet sales manager. She said they have sold 11 Leafs so far and are expecting a lot more soon. Said 600 were just cleared to Long Beach and are being delivered to...

This month our SCE time of use metering hit. Our bill ended up $52 down from $67 last month. We ended up at 49 kwh on-peak, 150 kwh off-peak, and 206 kwh "super off-peak". The tier breakdown meant at Level 2, our usage went from 26c to 16c / kwh for the bit we used at that level. At L1 the...

Anyone else having problems getting the AV EVSE to click into place to start charging? Unlike the Nissan L1 charger which clicks right in, the AV one requires that I wiggle it around and push it back in a couple of times before it snaps in place. It will sense it is attached to the car, but...

Our friends with the Chevy Volts have organized a meetup and EV Rally from the Burbank GM Advanced Technologies Center to SCE Customer Technology Application Center in Irwindale. They sent out an open invitation to all EV owners to join at either location and the drive between. They will have...

I was looking for a way to upload charging stations from my app direct to the nav system. I found that you can export the NAV data to SD card. The data is saved in three files. 1. Home location : homelocation.hlc 2. Stored location: storedlocation.slc 3. stsfile : unknown what that is though...

Checking out the engine and saw this. I always enjoy translation issues. http://yfrog.com/h4ierszj "Never fix on the reserver tank"

I have had emails asking to populate the EV Charger Finder iPhone app with public charging stations in Tennessee. Tennessee is an early roll-out state with participation in EV Project. But sadly, there is no info on what is actually available right now that I can find. I do have Nashville...

Looks like City hall and Maintenance Center locations are now active. 2 Chargers at each. They are Chargepoint and require cards to use or an 800 number call. I have heard reports that the Chargepoint cards are unreliable and at least one person was on the phone for 30 minutes trying to get...

So far I only see ones I have used. Once I use them it says "Automatically adding charger location" then I get that out. But I have scrolled around the map and had it update but it always says none in range. I am starting to wonder if they are using us all to crowdsource their database. That...

I like to have a little air circulating but don't need heat or AC most times. On the Mini-E we saw barely any impact with AC and none with fan. The Leaf no matter what setting I have tried reduces 5 miles off estimate if I just tick up the fan one notch. It says "Gain +5 miles by turning off...

My friend Mark Swain, a fellow Mini-E driver and Chevy Volt CAB member (but don't hold that against him ;)) set up a Facebook Group for Leaf Owners. He ran the Mini-E Facebook group and it was a lot of fun. We held meetups and talked straight and unfiltered about the experience. If you are...

I would like to get the info into the EVChargerMaps database of locations. I have started adding dealerships that have reported chargers active. I did look at the in car map, but that interface is not the friendliest. Can you who are visiting your local dealerships help update this list...

Felt like trying it out so went to Santa Monica downtown for lunch. I heard they changed out AVCon charger for J1772. Sure enough. Two CC J1772 chargers right at the end. I was the only Leaf there :). SOC was listing 50 miles ECO (and 50% ish) on gauge. Car said it would take 4:30 at 240v...