Recent content by stevedj98

Since I haven't seen it anywhere else, I thought I'd let everyone know that the TVA EPRI SMART solar powered, battery storage charging facility is now up and running at the Chattanooga Theatre Center parking lot on River Street. Six EVSE's there, and one appeared not to be working. No fee at...

BLINK to start charging "as low as" $1.00 per hour in Chattanooga starting August 29. From the email I received: As a driver of an electric vehicle, you're a member of a pretty exclusive club. Why not go all the way and become a Blink Plus member and enjoy miles and miles of savings and...

Tim: I attended the East TN Clean Fuels meeting Friday in Chattanooga. I'm not sure the message I left for you went through, so I'll let you (and anybody else) know that fellow LEAF owner, Jim Dilliard is organizing a local group for the September 23 "Plug-In America" day, which is a...

Here in Chattanooga, our Whole Foods owned, Greenlife Grocery, has a solar-powered carport with five Blink Level 2 chargers. It's about 50 feet away from the store entrance. It is well signed "for electric vehicles only" and surprising, I've never been completely ICEd out of a charging...

Actually, to my knowledge, in central/east Tennessee, all but the one Eaton QC Chademo unit here in Chattanooga are Blink (Ecotality) QC units. They were installed as part of "The EV Project", so Nissan directly had nothing to do with their placement or installation. You can do some additional...

Reply to my email received from Blink: Stephen, Thank you for expressing your concerns regarding this charging station location. Unfortunately, the Cracker Barrel manager who you spoke to was a bit misinformed about the management process involving the charging stations. What I have written...

Here is a copy of an email I just sent to The EV Project: Once again I was excluded from charging my Nissan LEAF by non-electric vehicles completely dominating the three charger slots and both adjacent sides at Cracker Barrel #21, 1460 N Mack Smith Road, East Ridge TN 37412. This was at 10:00...

My wife and I are both retired, so we went to visit our daughter and her family in Arizona last Christmas. We weren't planning to stay that long, but ended up buying a condo, and then staying for almost three months. I went into panic mode when the news about the Tesla "bricking," if left...

Another negative article on lack of charger use appeared in The Tennessean on December 10: http://www.tennessean.com/article/20111210/BUSINESS01/312100037/Charging-stations-electric-cars-mostly-idle?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Business|s" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Steve Schmidt

Another negative article on the lack of charger use appeared in The Tenneseean on December 10: http://www.tennessean.com/article/20111210/BUSINESS01/312100037/Charging-stations-electric-cars-mostly-idle?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Business|s" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Steve...

Here's my response to NPR: I wish you would stop believing all the Big Oil Company press releases. Would you buy a motorcycle and then complain that you can't transport your family of four on the thing? Not every mode of transportation is right for everyone. Why don't you talk to people who...

Tried the Level 3 on Friday and the Leaf would not charge. The Level 3 charger was working at the dedication, and it worked for my co-worker 3 weeks back. I'll try it again another time, and if doesn't work, either the Level 3 has a problem, or the Leaf has a problem. Tim: Same thing happened...

THREE 2011 LEAF SL AVAILABLE IN CHATTANOOGA I just received an email from Hunt Nissan in Chattanooga, stating they have THREE LEAFs in stock, available for purchase. Colors are red, black, and white. Contact: Roman York, Sales Manager at 423-899-2525 or view online inventory at...

THREE 2011 LEAF SL AVAILABLE IN CHATTANOOGA I just received an email from Hunt Nissan in Chattanooga, stating they have THREE LEAFs in stock, available for purchase. Colors are red, black, and white. Contact: Roman York, Sales Manager at 423-899-2525 or view online inventory at...

CHEVY VOLT SEEN IN CHATTANOOGA My wife and I drove the LEAF to Hillbilly's Restaurant on Hixson Pike in Chattanooga for lunch today. There in the parking lot was a Chevy Volt. I talked briefly to the driver as he was leaving the restaurant. He's had the Volt about three months. He had...