Recent content by Busybj

This Thursday I'm driving up to Bass Lake near Yosemite from Simi Valley Los Angeles area. It's 270 miles and Ill have to climb the notorious "Grapevine" each way. I spent two months mapping this out, calling places to see if I can charge, and even made to practice runs trying to get over the...

Last summer I drove from Oceanside to Simi Valley 114 miles on a single full charge. I drove at 50 miles an hour in the slow lane. I was lucky for about 60 miles of it I was able to follow the truck that was going same speed. The entire route has a gradual climb to it and it was a bit of a...

I put 25,000 miles on my 2012 Nissan Leaf in the last nine months. My trip to work is 108 miles round-trip. I also have to climb over a mountain both ways. If I drive 50 miles an hour or less and dive for all the traffic jams I can do it on one full charge. Generally I drive around 55 and I...

In my 2012 Leaf I've been getting up to 25 miles of range an hour per hour charge lately. I used to figure 17 miles for every hour charge. Hummmm?