Recent content by walterbays

It's unfortunate that the company which did more than anyone to bring about mass market EV's will not have much of a role in that market. A brand new LEAF, disposable after a few years, makes little sense. A used LEAF with reasonably good battery could be a good deal, but only so long as someone...

I'm in the same boat, complicated by all the changes Nissan has made since 2011. The web site has changed from CarWings to Nissan Owner's Portal, and possibly to NissanConnect. The original service used a 10 character username. The current web site uses my email address as username, but I cannot...

So sorry Valdemar! This is exactly the situation I've been wondering about. Are people with older Leafs who are getting battery replacements keeping their comprehensive and collision insurance or going self insured? And what's your reasoning? I'm close to missing out on Nissan's battery...

+1 It's great that Nissan did more than any other company to move the industry towards EV's, and I still love my 2011 Leaf. But without an actual (pro rata) battery warranty I must assume that Nissan still lacks confidence in their batteries, and therefore so do I. If it were a choice between a...

http://www.google.com/patents/US20130073113 Vehicle and method for estimating a range for the vehicle Ford Global Technologies, Llc Edit, almost forgot this... http://news.investors.com/business/052815-754618-ford-opens-electric-vehicle-patents-to-others.htm Ford Follows Tesla By Opening EV...

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/health-685158-air-california.html That number goes up if the defective cars are not fixed or crushed. I don't see how state or federal regulators have any leverage in non-CARB states to force drivers to submit to a performance and MPG reducing recall.

I read speculation that regulators worldwide would scrutinize all diesels much more closely in emissions testing which would be costly. The cars will be heavier, considerably more expensive, and require more maintenance from adding equipment like the urea injectors. They'll have less power and...

Europe realizes diesel was a mistake. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/sep/22/the-rise-diesel-in-europe-impact-on-health-pollution

Given that the fix to the emission controls will probably greatly reduce torque and MPG, and resale value; given that will almost surely result in a class action lawsuit against VW; given that the EPA can fine them $37,500 per car sold fraudulently; I wonder if another action than a recall might...

Anyone who has ever driven behind a diesel - cough, cough - can tell you there is no such thing as a clean diesel. This should put an end to diesels in passenger cars for good. California should quickly change smog check rules to require that all diesels get annual tests. If you don't get the...

That's what I had always expected, and it may yet work out that way for many people if the new batteries are as good as we all hope they are. E.g., JPWhite with his 70 mile commute would be well served by a new $6k battery that gave him 107 miles of real world range and had a useful life of at...

Another consequence of their all-or-nothing capacity warranty. If they gave a true (pro rata) warranty where if you fall a little short they pay a little, then it could make sense for them to use that opportunity to sell you more. I still think it's GREAT that Nissan sells replacement...

So they still will replace the battery only if capacity drops to 8 bars in a fixed time - a value much less than 70%, based on a metric (bars) loosely correlated with actual capacity and entirely under control of Nissan software. In other words Nissan still does not have confidence in their...

This bears out what many here had been predicting for a long time. AndyH may well be right about a future in which cars are refueled at home by total home solar energy stations producing both electricity and hydrogen. But here's what $100M of California taxpayer money buys today with hydrogen...

My last emailed statement from eVgo seemed to correctly list my charging activity. They charged my credit card separately for the subscription and for the usage, but the amounts corresponded correctly to the statement. They have far to go, e.g. no online account access to activity yet, but they...