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We received a notice from Nissan that our first year of free charging may be coming to an end here at the dealer. They are giving us three choices. Please see the following and give me your opinion. We are on the fence, but currently leaning toward the Chargepoint option at our store (Nissan of...

I am pleased to read of Nissan's plans to bring self driving cars to market. The technology is coming fast, and once the insurance companies learn how much safer they will be than human-driven cars, they'll drop the rates for the "robot cars". The benefits are vast and will be so compelling that...

The LA version of National Plug In Day (NPID) is now confirmed for Saturday, September 28th 9:30-3:00. The location is the CSU Chancellor’s Office at 401 Golden Shore in Long Beach. The venue is a beautiful park with plentiful free parking and room for food trucks, a DJ and (hopefully)...

Like some of the other LEAF dealers, we now have our Quick Charger up and running. It went live last Tuesday, and without much notice, there was a steady stream of users the first day. We're having a party next Saturday, the 27th from 11:00-3:00, for the QC and to show off the new line of 2013...

Plug In America just received the following from NRG's Terry O'Day: Friends at PIA, Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved the settlement between the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and NRG Energy (on behalf of the Dynegy Parties) to advance electric...

I know several of you have been using the Linear City DC Fast Charger, but this morning was the official dedication and press conference. Here's the first story written on it, but we hope there will be more. Thanks to Yuval Bar-Zemer and Ecotality for getting this done! http://bit.ly/QSx1fC"...

Given the abysmal lack of good advertising for the LEAF, our dealership has ponied up some serious money to run a full page ad in the Los Angeles Jewish Journal. This weekly magazine its about 150,000 people per week and average household income is $290K. It is a great demographic for the LEAF...

For a fun break away from discussing LEAF things, spend a few minutes reading Dan Neil's take on the model S. Neil is simply the best auto writer there is. Here he writes about the best car there is. "... and taken as a whole, seen in the California sun, the Model S is a glowing, glassine...

For those of you in Texas, or who want to travel to the Lone Star State, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) is hosting Plug-In 2012 in San Antonio in a little over 2 weeks. Dan Davids, past president of Plug In America and Gina Copland-Newfield, Director of Green Fleets & Electric...

A Nissan West Coast project manager was meeting with some folks in Arizona regarding EV planning and the question of California's SB 209 and SB 880 came up. These are the two recently passed laws that mandate that condo HOAs and apartment landlords allow a resident to install EVSE as long as the...

Most modern EVs can trace their AC motors and control mechanisms to the pioneering efforts of Tom Gage and Allan Cocconi of AC Propulsion. Tom recently left his position as president of ACP to start another venture called EV Grid. His new company will work towards vehicle to grid (V2G)...

Jerry Hirsch, an auto writer for the LA Times, recently wrote an article on the payback times of the Volt and LEAF. http://lat.ms/GDoCmb" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; As with many of these articles, he compared the LEAF to a Versa and the Volt to the Cruze. I wrote to him...

In case anyone asks you about EV longevity, here is a recent post from one of the first to get the 2002 RAV4 EV. The author also has a LEAF in his family, but uses the RAV for his solar business. (note: he is on his second battery pack) Paul ***** "Had yet another very long range day in my...

Jeff U'Ren, an EMMY Award-winning editor produced this great video on plugging in. Plug In America will be using it to help sell the idea of getting plug-in cars. It seems the advertising/marketing of GM and Nissan isn't pushing the ideas we think people want to hear, so Jeff did it himself...

Hi All, I realize this is short notice, but for those of you who can make it, there is a free screening of "Charge", a Chris Paine produced film about the Isle of Man motorcycle race that has a new EV category. http://www.egrandprix.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false...

This is an important peak oil article. Use it to refute doubters. Paul ***** Thanks to Emily Spence for this article. See http://www.countercurrents.org/arguimbau230410.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; The Imminent Crash Of Oil Supply: Be Afraid By Nicholas...

Does anyone know if the EMF has been tested/measured for the LEAF? If so, is the data available?

This is from Jay Friedland, Legislative director of Plug In America: Hi all, Just wanted to post a quick update. I spoke with a CARB lawyer last week at the AQIP funding workshop and she told me (and the whole room) that the CVRP rebates aren't taxable for either the Feds or State. They will...

I just called the CA Center for Sustainable Energy, the org designated to hand out the $5,000 CA rebates for EV buyers, and was told the recent budget that (finally!) passed last week added an additional $5,000,000 to the fund. This is great news as it means another 1,000 EVs will get the...