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First, I see many threads about topics too narrow like "buying a 2013 SL," when we should be making those things sub-topics under a general "Buying a Used Leaf" topic. Yesterday I bought my third LEAF and my first used LEAF. I had a 2011 LEAF on a three year lease that was interrupted in...

The Sierra Club is setting up EV Groups in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties and needs a representative with a LEAF for the Broward meeting on May 30. If you are interested, call or email the organizer: Jonathan Ullman South Florida/Everglades Senior Field Organizer Sierra Club 300 Aragon Ave...

That is the claim of the Village of Pinecrest, which installed the 44kW unit at Pinecrest Gardens, the former home of Parrot Jungle. The Village accepted a $1,569 donation from Nissan to fund the unit. The main problem with the State of Florida's first public Quickcharge station is its hours...

After my 2012 SV was totaled two weeks ago I replaced it with a 2013 SL. I am disappointed with the mileage over the first 200 miles. On the same commute that I always averaged 5.2 m/Kwh I am getting 4.8 or 4.9 on the new LEAF. I am trying to figure out whether it helps or hurts to use the "B"...

As posted on the thread I started called "LEAF Collision Experiences" my 2012 has been totaled, so I am in the market for a replacement. A friend of mine said it may be a blessing in disguise because my lease payment was so high I was too embarrassed to admit what I have been paying. Now I am...

I was broadsided at an intersection by a much larger SUV today. :cry: The SUV hit me at full speed on the left front fender, crushing the body panel, breaking the axle and knocking the top of the wheel to a 45 degree angle inward. The airbags deployed, but I still hit the inside of the left...

Israeli scientists are working on creating “green” fuel for cars from greenhouse gas emissions. The project makes use of technology developed by Professor Jacob Karni, head of the Weizmann Institute of Science Energy Center in the department of environmental sciences of energy research. Karni is...

A friend of mine who works at the dealership where I bought my LEAF called to ask why I had not brought the car in for the two recalls out on it. I had not received any notifications of those recalls until my friend called me. I took the car in this week and the following procedures were...

A story from an email I received from "Green Chip Stocks": Natural Gas Vehicles Will Kill the Electric Car By Jeff Siegel | Monday, June 4th, 2012 He told me natural gas would eventually kill the electric car. A cocky Wall Street analyst with an Ivy League education and a deep yellow tarnish...

The Union of Concerned Scientists notes that, whenever we talk about the great potential of electric vehicles (EVs) to reduce our oil use, rein in global warming emissions, and save consumers money at the pump, we always get the same question: how much will these vehicles really reduce emissions...

Today the electrician arrived and replaced my $2,300 AV charger with a free :) Clipper Creek CS-40 installed as part of the Florida Power & Light pilot program to study EV charging use. It has a big, square box (picture with "old" AV unit perched on top for perspective), but is not bad...

I am pleased to report that my electric bill for my first full month of Leaf ownership dropped from 2,685 KWh used in the same month the year before to 2,615 (I know it is a lot, but I have a big, leaky house in hot climate). At my average of 5.2m'kwh for 1,016 miles, I used 195.4 kwh for...

Who was the first to make 100 miles plus on a charge, when compared to your total miles on your Leaf? Tonight I broke 100 8-) (102.2 actually), as I hit 455 total miles on the car. My car has had 5 charges, the first by the dealer and 4 by me. I got 93 miles on the first charge, which was my...

I have been driving the Leaf for 4 days. I have been able to check vehicle status about 5 times out of the 20 times I have tried. The rest of the times I get the message below. the car has been parked in the same place every time, which is in my driveway where cell reception is fine. I...