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OK, some of you might call it a nightmare, but… it was pretty crazy. I have a Leaf, I love my Leaf. It's green. So last night, I went to bed, and had a dream about my Leaf. I was at a restaurant, eating dinner with my friends. Dinner ended, and it was time to go home. I was taking my friend...

Forgot to charge up last night. Not doing that again. A->B was 15 miles, B-C was 13 miles. I had 25 miles on the GOM when I left. Unfortunately, I was a bit in a hurry, and had to take the freeway. I got to B with 11mi left on GOM. Easy part was over. With no nearby charging stations, and the...

Obviously not with the standard L1 EVSE. There might be some niche uses for 120V only charging solutions. The 6kW OBC can handle 27.5A 240V, but I've only seen instances of 120V charging up to 16A (EVSE Upgrade). Is this just because 240V is only nominally more expensive, or is there some other...

I know this is totally dumb, but just out of sheer curiosity, what happens if I bypass the EVSE? As in, I fashion my own J1772 connector with a 5-15P on the other end? I'm not going to do this, I'm just actually curious what the charger would do. Theoretically, it would do nothing without the...

I'm wondering if it's possible to do something at a consumer level. I don't necessarily want to charge people to use it, though that would be a nice benefit. I'm mostly interested in the automatic metrics Chargepoint provides. It also makes it very easy to make CP a single source for power...

This isn't happening consistently, but it's happened 3 times in the past week, never before that. When I'm braking moderately (enough to only partially engage the friction brakes), normally the regen maxes out, or gets close if my speed is low. Sometimes, the regen cuts out almost completely...

It sucks… I was going 55, and getting 2.9mi/kWh ): Any advice for driving in this condition? Can't really drive much slower, the speed limit was 70, and I was already doing 15 under. All other vehicles were flying by doing 75+, so I doubt I could get much use from their slipstreams. I tried...

Going out to Stockton tomorrow morning. It's 73mi from my house, and it's all freeway. Well over 1000' vertical climb, as well. Damn you Altamont Pass! In any case, I've been averaging ~100mi range, so it's theoretically possible. I know uphill sucks down the battery like mad, but there's also...

Looking for more information on Plugged Solar. What information I've found so far has been marketing and hype, but nothing technical about the install. Basically, at $3500 for the 1.5kW kit, around 1/10 the cost of a typical system. This alone makes the kit massively appealing. Sure, you won't...

I was wondering, would it be possible to limit the max power output to the motor? I think it could be beneficial to limit the traction motor to say… 30kW output, or 20kW under 30MPH or something of the like. Sure, it can be done with practice and precise control over the throttle, but a driver...

I'm wondering if it's possible to swap the SLA for a LiFe battery. Normally, it's just a drop-in replacement, no questions asked. However, EVs are a special case because the charge systems are much more sensitive, and the Leaf might be doing something much more advanced than a float charge on a...

A couple days ago I was gold, today I see I hit platinum. In checking that, the "champion" has 59.3 mi/kWh. Obviously he's gaming the system, but I wonder how large the group of drivers is doing that. Current status, ranked 4,905 with 4.7 mi/kWh average. First 200mi were not so great, as the...