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Greetings everyone! After a long series of hurdles, Sun Country has obtained host locations for the 12 sponsored chargers in WA State, with several additional locations across the state yet to be announced but not far behind. For this phase of the project, the primary focus has been on...

It’s official; Sun Country Highway (http://suncountryhighway.com/) is coming to the US, beginning with a goal of GREENING 100% of Washington state’s highways in 90 Days! Plans are to move this project forward rapidly. The Sun Country Model removes many of the factors that have stalled so many...

So, I own a Leaf and a Tesla S and purchased a J1772 Clipper Creek 100, which charges up to 80A's. I've put it outside and was about to add it to plugshare when I found it won't charge any model year Leaf but it will charge a Ford Focus Electric. Clipper Creek states this is on Nissan to fix...

This came about last minute and is preliminary, make it if you can, I think you will find it very interesting! Bringing The Sun Country Electric Highway To The US! Saturday, August 10th at 9:30AM Starbucks 10214 Northeast 8th Street Bellevue, WA 98004 Bellevue Village Center (425) 454-0191...

My charging needs have changed, I now have a Leaf and Tesla S. I am having a 100A Clipper Creek installed in place of the Blink so that I can charge the Tesla at high Amps and still be able to easily charge the Leaf, all from the same charging station. This blink unit has worked flawlessly...

this past weekend I drove our Tesla Model S up Vancouver Island to Quadra Island, using one of Canada's Sun Country Highway's clipper Creek CS 90's. this is a J1772, 90A nominal, 72 A continuous charging station and I have to say I think it is the best approach I've seen out there for...

We did it! After what feels like a lifetime of deliberation, we are now a solar home. Driving on solar electrons is a dream come true! We went with West Seattle Natural Energy, they were awesome! Our roof was a little tricky, low pitch torch down with a layer of insulation on top with...

Here’s my trip review for a jaunt to Portland from Shoreline WA (just north of Seattle) via the West Coast Green Highway DC QC charging network. As many of you know, Tony Williams, recently drove his Leaf from Baja Mexico to British Columbia (BC to BC)...

I was pleasantly surprised to see this relatively well balanced review: http://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/2012/05/17/five-electric-cars-that-will-stretch-your-mileage/

Here is a decent article addressing the shift in conservative media about the Volt and asking if it is too late to save the car/EV's? http://www.huffingtonpost.com////chevy-volt-electric-car-backlash_n_1392742.html I'd like to think the purveyors of EV BS at Fox have ended up with egg on their...

I'm surprised he was ever Pro EV/Flex fuel, not surprised about the flip. worth a watch! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-jOiSgbmhc&feature=player_embedded

Our bedroom is directly over our garage and looses a lot of heat because the garage door does little to keep heat in. Also, we figure with a good garage door that it shouldn't be that hard to keep the Leaf above 45-50 degrees F in the winter, which seems to be a sweet spot for cold whether...

No more risk of fire for EV's than ICE's: http://www.autoweek.com/article/20120121/CARNEWS/120129976

I read back in July that the electric highway would be in place by November 30 in WA state. Since I had not heard an update I decided to do a little calling around to find out how things were going. Today I spoke with Deborah Rapoport, for AeroVironment who said that there had been some delays...

So it's a little hard to be sure, but it looks like I'm seeing a pretty big drop in efficiency with the colder whether. Just a month ago or so I was seeing 4.6 MPkW and within the last few weeks it has dropped to 3.8. I've been reading threads that suggest others are seeing quite a drop to...

JohnnySebring and I met up last Wednesday to begin what we hope will be a series of "test runs" around Lake Washington. We figured the I-5/405 corridor would be a good route to begin setting some benchmarks to track how the Leaf's range changes with different season's/temperatures, traffic...

An athlete friend sent me a link to this, featuring some of her friends and the Ampera, check it out! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUCvPXRUMc4&feature=player_embedded

Seattle area has a local project that is nearing completion despite the economic downturn. Check out the Open House if you can, these homes are very cool! http://z-home.org/blog/2011/09/zhome-grand-opening-and-tours-september-17-october-30-2/ Here is a nice Wall Street Journal interview...

After hearing all the debates and using eco on and off over the last 5K miles, I have decided I'd like to have Eco be the default instead of the regular Drive mode. I think having the choice would be great. I do understand the appeal of having the extra pep and do enjoy it from time to time...

Seems that the EV project should be keeping close tabs on our ICE cars, not just our Leaf's to better understand when, where and why we opt to use them over EV. I would be happy to have a GPS locator installed in my ICE and log miles as part of the EV project. There is an opportunity in these...