Nope still can buy an brand new “Antique “ 40kwhr Leaf with Chademo
Its a relic but if you live in Colorado it’s a very cheap one brand new.
Not having Nacs or CCS sucks
It doesn’t help that Colorado residents can pick up a brand new 2024 Leaf for $9000-$18,000 depending on a variety of income and cash for clunker incentives
In the US misinformation abounds but it’s the sky high EV specific insurance, tax title and registration that turns a lot of people off...
My experience is that the type of extension cords and outlets you get off the shelf are undersized and mediocre for EV use.
(I have decades of charging off extension cords)
My assumption is you want to use a 110vac outlet with a (L1) 12amp EVSE?
In that case you will need a 20 amp rated...
It’s too bad someone doesn’t put a block under the accelerator and Import the Sakura EV as an NEV here in the us
AT USD $12000 people might buy them for city use.
These plates can be hacked, I don’t see any advantage considering the increased cost and lack of benefits to me over a piece of cheap aluminum that might last the life of my car.
30kwhr leaf’s than are 7 years old have no business being more than about $5000-$6000
Sad that the market is so messed up.
Batteries of that age could be really degraded even if they aged well.
What is strange is that the free “software update “ that GM was providing to Volt owners for a battery balancing issue had a very specific timetable and I thought was a result of a recall, perhaps I was wrong.
Back in the Ralph Nader era I thought there was legislation to require auto makers to...
Both hot areas of California and Texas need to improve insulation requirements, it’s not like r8 or less insulation makes sense in this day and age, it’s not 1940 where you just sweat out hot weather.
They could cut home energy use in half if they start insulating buildings similar to those up...
Our country is exporting massive numbers of junk and used cars overseas , if you try to bid on said garbage they usually want as much for scrap as a new car.
Unfortunate we don’t place an export tarriff on the under 5 year old category, likely the cause of the jacked up scrap market as well