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We're on our second Leaf. And so far, neither me nor my wife have been left stranded, until last night. There was a perfect storm of variables that led to it, though. So I left my place in Kennedale, Tx to far north Fort Worth to pick up a friend (about 27 miles). From there we drove to...

Nissan says you cannot retrofit a 30Kw battery into an older Leaf. If the new battery required connection to the HVAC system for thermal management, that would explain that. Secondly, I've now seen that they are offering a more robust capacity warranty on the 30Kwh battery. Which means they...

I know we are moving to a 1-sticker system. And I know you are supposed to get your car inspected 90 days prior to your registration. But I'm in a situation where my inspection expires in just a few days and my registration is not due for another 6 months. How is this handled?

I just walked into my garage and noticed one of the charge indicator lights on the dash was flashing. The weird thing is, the car was not plugged in. It wasn't the center light either (such as for a charge timer) it was the far right light (right if you are standing in front of the car looking...

Due to the issues I described in a recent thread of figuring out what equipment a Leaf has (such as fast charge) when looking at used models online, I decided to just put together a list for everyone including myself. The funny thing is, if you go out online and look at places like Cars.com and...

I've been looking at used Leafs on places like cars.com and the constant headache is figuring out whether the Leaf has a DC fast charge port or not. 99% of the online dealers will provide 100 photos of the car, but not one photo of the charge port(s). If I send an email and ask them they...

We still have a problem here at work with our one EVSE being ICE'd almost every day even though there are plenty of other spots available. I haven't been able to figure out if people are just dumb or they are being jackasses. The spot does have a sign, but it is on the chain-link fence behind...

One thing I've been very curious about is how well certain cars are selling in certain areas. The sales breakdown for this sort of thing is probably very difficult to get hold of. One idea I had was for several of us in different cities to go out and sit for an hour somewhere by a busy street...

Has anyone ever thought about adding a gauge like this to your EVSE? You can get these on ebay for around $10. It wouldn't be that hard for me to add something like this to the face of my Aerovironment EVSE by cutting a rectangular hole in the front. It would be kind of nice to see how many...

We traded in our degraded 2011 about 6 months ago for a 2013. And the battery range has been fantastic. But I've been wondering what to expect with the 2013 models. Technically they've been on the road now for around 2 years. Have there been any reports of battery degradation on these models...

I took our Leaf to the dealer today to get the airbag recall done and also have them look at the grabby brakes issue. Interestingly enough, when i got my car back, I noticed 3 updates had been done: R14050 - REPROGRAM OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM PX54AA - REPROGRAM E-ACT PER NTB12-086A P32590...

So, I sent an email to the executives a year or two ago showing them the department of energy's workplace charging challenge website. I told them up front that I did not need the charger because I live 3 miles from work. And I'm the only one currently driving a plug-in car. But I mentioned...

I heard something today that took me by surprised. It was just a generic radio advertisement by Trophy Nissan (a dealer here in the Dallas area). They actually briefly mentioned the Leaf in the list of vehicles they have "great deals" on. I've heard many such advertisements in the past by...

I remember hearing a while back that Nissan was developing their own hybrid system that would also be able to scale to a PHEV system. I noticed today that they had the pathfinder hybrid on their website. So I looked at it to see what they had come up with. Eventually i had to surf over to...

I normally take a walk every evening so I decided to do something different yesterday. I drove over to where several of the largest car dealers in DF/W are located, all next to each other. I decided to walk through the Ford, Chevy, and Nissan dealer and count how many plug-in cars each one had...

I wrote this article over on InsideEVs... I'm expecting quite a controversial conversation from it. http://insideevs.com/op-ed-is-the-nissan-leaf-really-ugly/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I had been in contact with my local Nissan dealer a few weeks ago saying I might be in the market for another Leaf in a few months when my lease is up. He said periodically Nissan will roll out a program for giving early termination on a lease and he'd call me when they do. Well, I got the...

I know there have been endless discussions on this forum about the GOM. But I've had my Leaf for over 3 years and 30,000 miles and this is the first time I've seen this. I'll start out by saying I lost my second capacity bar a week or two ago. I only lost the first bar a few months before...

I went to my local dealer here in Arlington, TX. I told the guy my lease would be ending in a few months and was interested in possibly getting another new Leaf. Here's the cool thing. Just for some perspective, I currently have a 2011 SL without DC port, but otherwise loaded. He showed me...

I have 5 months left on my 2011 Leaf. There are so many options, but all have pros and cons. I've been debating this in my head for 2 months already and can't decide. Just FYI we current have a 2012 Volt and 2011 Leaf. My Leaf SL has no DC fast charge port, but is otherwise in perfect...