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  1. J

    National Drive Electric Week events... who's going?

    I plan on attending Sacto this weekend, and Cupertino next saturday for the world record attempt, and then Marin next sunday after I finish a 5k Heart Walk. How about the rest of you folks... bring your EVs and join in.
  2. J

    Add 4 speed transmission for 15% gain in range on highway?

    Just saw this... looks promising http://www.greencarcongress.com/2013/07/4sed-20130725.html I'm guessing the geniuses at Nissan have been thinking this over already... hopefully it is viable as a way to get more range on highways. Seems that an improved battery formulation giving 10 to 20%...
  3. J

    How about a factory stretched/strengthened chassis wagon?

    Love my LEAF... but my kids aren't getting smaller... and like most teens they are whining about the confines of the rear seats. Having come from a stretched Volvo wagon chassis sold by Ford as the FLEX. So that got me thinking... Are you going to sell the eNV200 with more head and legroom than...
  4. J

    Bring out the Denki Cube...

    Since LEAF has been a great success and you want to get some more mileage out of those CUBE molds... why not release the Denki Cube version... it is a cool concept... would add to the variety available of EVs. Built on the same chassis as LEAF and the New Minivan/taxi... why not... since LEAF...
  5. J

    How about some different color schemes...

    Bright colors... two tones, racing stripes... Chrome! The car has been out for 3 years and the colors have barely changed. Retro non metallic colors. something... anything! Neon colors... fluorescents... Green... Yellow... anyone? Bueller?
  6. J

    New cheaper options for 240 charging. Esp. for Lease folk

    Clipper Creek has introduced a new EVSE that like ingineer's conversion works at 20amps and uses L6-30 for a plug... which means that for folks on a lease who don't feel comfy modding their 120 volt included with the car Nissan branded EVSE. ( I know he also sells a new Panasonic for over a...
  7. J

    gotta love the new London taxis e-nv200s

    These look great to me. Love the blue grille... http://www.autoblog.com/2014/01/06/nissan-nv200-london-taxi-video-official/
  8. J

    Feature requests for CarWings

    How about enabling the car to link to my home WiFi so that when my heavy metal garage door closes... the car still talks to the world as needed. Cost: HW likely almost nothing... probably already in the chips... SW costs moderate... Would make updating almost immediate while car is garaged at...
  9. J

    Work with Amtrak to do a WestCoast electric Autotrain...

    A way to make better use of existing train services from Northern to Southern CA would be to equip the San Joaquin Amtrak California lines with some car carriers that could be loaded/unloaded at the northern and southern population centers and charges to 100% along the way as the trains already...
  10. J

    Work with Disney to make Autopia a proper Tomorrowland ride.

    Since one of the clear goals of selling LEAFs involves getting butts into seats... test drives and teaching folks about the joys of driving 100% electric cars. Has anyone contacted Disney about converting "Tomorrowland Autopia" from it's currently idiotic big oil sponsored gas burning go carts...
  11. J

    Climbed 3800 vertical feet in under 12 miles... Mount Diablo

    Last Sunday for fun... I decided to take my new toy up our local mountain. The new toy is a 2013 LEAF SL, the mountain is Mount Diablo State Park here in Contra Costa County, CA. Left the house in nearby Martinez with a 100% charge. GOM at 93 miles range. ( read 100... probably 99.6.or 99.7 as...
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