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The car 'rebate' was from Illinois EPA, and IL dealers factor that value in to the cost of the car. Hence, I went to Iowa to buy mine for a little lower price sans rebate and didn't have to hassle with paperwork and wait up to a year for the check. Lower principal on the loan, so I saved money...

Sorry kikngas, the Northbrook referred to here is a suburb of Chicago, not Rochester. I don't think there are any Whole Foods stores in Rochester either, come to think of it. As for lobbying towards QC charging stations, I feel it would be a matter of getting more EV's on the map, and the...

First order of troubleshooting would be to pull the elm327 out of the OBD connector and see if that solves the problem. I had a problem with my first one on an ICE car that gave me fits trying to diagnose.

This Nissan Frontier forum thread may be helpful, page 2. http://www.clubfrontier.org/forums/f9/homelink-mirror-garage-door-programming-77311/ I have a Chamberlain opener with Security+ that is about 10-12 years old. When I programmed the button on the mirror, I had to do both methods in the...

If this is on your '11, I'd tend to believe it would be aftermarket and probably part of an Enginer range extender.

I hope I read a little humor in this, but...just in case: I advise all to behave politely at a public EVSE, since we early adopters are ambassadors of the technology. Most importantly, crashing the EVSE also precludes the '11 and '12 LEAF and iMiEV owners who can draw current from these stations.

The Eaton stations in question might not have the firmware/board update. Contact the owner of the station to have them reach Eaton for support...

I have a premium JuiceBox from the kickstarter campaign. I did not do the wifi upgrade, since I don't intend to monitor my usage that closely. I went with the premium for the start timer function and the ability to control current easily. I like the lcd, and the usage meter, but the remote I...

I've been on Plugshare for a while now, and since my location is 40 miles from any other and near a cross-country highway, I thought I'd get a few people a month trying to make the drive from ~say: Chicago to Des Moines~ messaging me for a stop. I have had a total of 2 people contact me. Both...

I'm so glad I have you guys to point out the flaws in my plan. I never considered the heat buildup from blocked airflow. One issue I would have to address. Starting out on the bike's power was a non-starter in my book because of the torque requirement and I had planned to power it supplemental...

I am making a career change and need to transport my Leaf a great distance, more than a thousand miles. I also need to transport my motorcycle, a cruiser with ~80 hp. I have priced transport companies, freaked out, and have contemplated a low-cost solution that might work. I have seen on...

My 2008 Prius had 200K when I changed the pads. Would have been longer if I didn't have my oldest son driving it to college ;) The Leaf ('13 and newer afaik) has higher regen, up to 70%[reference needed], so I expect to trade the car in at 200k with originals.

Welcome aboard new Leafer! It will help to know the geographic location to assess your personal winter range. I live in NW Illinois, and my range over the bitter cold winter was reduced, but it can be (and was) mitigated with judicious driving, warm clothing and blankets, and pre-heating the...

It is only on your car's internal map. I charged (120v) at a friend's house twice, and now every time I drive by it, the charging station symbol is over his house on my map. If I am low on charge, and happen to click find a station, his house will be listed there by address. The map on Nissan's...

The casino installed the L2 stations in the parking lot to entice Leafers to become gamblers. The first time, parking lot. Second time, restaurant. Third time, slot machines. So on, so forth. Theoretically, next time John visits, his guilt will lead him further in. The casino is banking on...

http://imiev2012.blogspot.com/2012/10/illinois-electric-vehicle-plates-part-2.html This is the info I used to get my plates corrected when my dealer completely failed to follow my instructions on the plates. It took me from June til December to get the plates, and til March to get the money...

I'd like to see RTC on the next gen Juicebox firmware, since we have plenty of power outages here. I have had a couple of ICE days in the last 2 weeks because my power flickered and the JB timer did not kick back in. // need some RTC functions here... //---------------- END timing functions...

My Genny is the Costco 'Champion' branded 7000/9000W model 41537. Same as the earlier post save for the dual fuel option. I'm sure someone in another post, Ingineer perhaps, stated that the quality of the sine wave was not an issue for the Leaf (and I estimate your Rav4) since the on board...

The genny and Juicebox play just fine with the onboard charger at 6.6kw 240v on 30 amp breaker. I can't say anything toward a lower wattage genset since I don't have one, I don't see any trouble with anything 240vac, but 120v may need to have the Juicebox reconfigured. My personal opinion is...

I am not in 'Chicagoland', but I am in IL at the same latitude and relative weather conditions, per se. My round trip commute without recharging is 72-75 miles. My drive is about half at 45-55mph and half 30-35 with mild elevation changes. I can drive it down til about 20 degrees f before I have...