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http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-05-25-traffic-pollution-premature-deaths-emissions_n.htm

http://www.kcet.org/updaily/socal_focus/environment/33470-la-will-lead-us-in-electric-vehicles-sales-ucla-study-predicts.html It's a good article. I see just one glaring error: I liked Mark Perry's quip that the LEAF drew 3.3 kW. That's two hair dryers. If two hair dryers will bring down your...

Updated 5/17/2011: corrected Premier Nissan listings List of Nissan dealers who allow public charging, and of those who don't, gathered from forum postings. If your dealer isn't listed, ask them, and report the answer here. Also report if your dealer is listed incorrectly here (policies can...

I couldn't tell from the brief tour "test drive" how readable the map screen would be in everyday use. On my gen2 Prius the screen is a CRT and in bright sunlight it's prone to wash out and be nearly unreadable. This is the time I rely on voice guidance. However handheld GPS units and phones...

We might have to wait longer for our cars. (Yokohama area was affected to some degree.) And thinking of all those people affected by this disaster, suddenly a delivery delay doesn't seem so important anymore...

Since I made my reservation, and since I took a test drive in the Leaf Tour, I've been getting a lot of direct mail advertisements for other cars. Car companies know I'm in the market for a new car, and are pitching competing (ICE) models in the same price range as Leaf - or even Volt. I'm not...

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-autos-electric-rates-20110114,0,5756943.story This story has been getting a lot of press coverage lately. I don't know how the study authors could have missed a major goal of the EV Project, to learn how to incent drivers to charge at night when power is...

http://www.gizmag.com/harnessing-viruses-to-build-a-better-battery/17200/ University of Maryland research uses bio-engineered virus to create a more efficient regular structure of the electrodes at the microscopic level. Clearly not something that's going into this year's Leaf nor next year's...

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/11_02/b4210048400234.htm Many interesting points in this long article: * Story of Chalouhi picking up the first LEAF * "60 percent of 1,600 U.S. consumers surveyed think their gasoline-powered cars are reliable. Only 30 percent of those surveyed...

Have any hotel chains announced plans to provide free or paid charging for guests? Just as Wifi availability is a factor in choosing a hotel, if I were planning a (short) weekend trip I'd look for a hotel where I could charge overnight. Else we'd have to leave the Leaf in the garage and take the...

This short video from planetforward wouldn't make a bad commercial for Leaf. It shows the experiment where a frog suddenly dropped into boiling water jumps back out again, while a frog dropped into cold water placidly sits there as the water is heated until it is boiled alive (not actually...

Here's a bit of history of the last time we were considering electric versus gasoline cars, courtesy of the New York Times archives and Google news search. 100 years ago we also faced the necessity to build a transportation infrastructure - charging stations, filling stations, paved roads - to...

Sure this is a car mostly for driving around town, but will you want to take it on a road trip now and then? It looks smooth, comfortable, and fun to drive. They are building the charging infrastructure to support highway driving, like this project allowing you to drive from Knoxville to...