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I know several folks on this forum including Jim and Gary have done lot of work reverse engineering the CAN bus. I have been interested in this work and spent some time a while back reading the very old threads where some of the original stuff was worked out, including what we now call "Gids"...

Yesterday I drove my LEAF, packed full of camping supplies, plus my wife and dog, 275 miles from outside of Tillamook, OR to Lynnwood, WA. My wife wasn't feeling well so we were trying to get close to home to complete out road trip. Ambient temperatures during the afternoon were around 80 F, but...

In less than two weeks, my wife and I are setting out on a 1,500-mile round trip journey in one of our LEAFs from the Canadian border to California. We did a similar 1,300-mile trip last year, but didn't go all the way to California. Details about the trip are in my blog post. I created a...

Every time after I unplug my car following a 100% charge (and sitting overnight), Leaf Spy shows images like this: It APPEARS that all of the cells except one (the first one) are being shunted. But the pack isn't particular imbalanced, and the car is on, so why would it be doing this? It...

I just sold my 2012 and got a 2013. My wife already has a 2013. I noticed immediately after purchase that, according to Leaf Spy, the battery in the new one was nowhere near as healthy as the one in my wife's 6-month-old 2013, and was actually slightly worse SOH & AHr than the 2012 I'd just...

I've noticed (by driving) that my 2012 doesn't have the capacity it used to (last winter). Using the Leaf Spy app, I took this screenshot of the status of the cells and such: (Full size: http://imgur.com/vbqTmhu) Things to notice: This is after an 80% charge, not 100% One cell pair has lower...

Yesterday morning my wife took her 2013 to town and back, and plugged it in when she got home. Several hours later, we unplugged it and plugged in the 2012 instead as we'd taken it to town in the afternoon. This morning I went out to get something from the 2013 and found that the 12V battery...

Is it possible to buy or make an adapter so that I could connect my LEAFs to a Tesla Roadster HPWC? There's one in a PERFECT place, which is never in use (since basically nobody has a Roadster), that would be really nice if I could plug in to from time to time.

I have the "portable" AV EVSE that plugs into to a NEMA 6-50 outlet, which I installed in my garage. We're thinking about spending some time at my father-in-law's house. He has a NEMA 10-50 outlet in his garage. I researched the 10-50 and it seems that it's a little strange: two 110V prongs...

There is legislation in the works in Washington state for Fining drivers $250 if they park at an EV charging station without plugging in Establishing signage and pavement marking regulations for EV charging stations The actual text of the bill is here. Is the similar legislation elsewhere, in...

I was giving a coworker a ride home in my LEAF after work last week, and I was showing off the acceleration of the car. He said to me, "Wow, that's impressive. You can have fun in your car without worrying about polluting!" I realized that he is exactly right. With a LEAF charged with green...

We had a bunch of LEAFs sitting at the DCQC at Burlington, WA today. I never saw the owner of the red one (looked like maybe they'd finished charging and moved it out of the way while they continued shopping). The gentleman in the diagonally-parked one said he'd already pre-ordered a 2013 SL...

As I was plugging in my LEAF when I got home today, picking up the plug from the cradle, unwinding the cord, and carrying it across the garage floor to plug into the car... it occurred to me that it'd be really nice if the cord was just hanging from the ceiling of the garage right where the...

Why do people have such a hard time understanding what it means to have an electric car? Last night I gave a ride to a friend (who happens to have a Masters degree in Engineering from the University of Cambridge). I started driving and he says, "So, how much gas does this use?" Of course my...

A friend of mine has been telling me for ages that solar panels at home are not a good investment. I didn't believe him, and instead believed what I hear from companies that install solar panels, that they are a great investment. Eventually I got around to create a spreadsheet to figure out who...

The Nissan LEAF Facebook folks linked to this article a bit ago: Nissan To Triple Quick-Charging Stations For Electric Cars Over 18 Months This is probably good news for those of you that aren't on the west coast and have very few CHAdeMO options!

Every day this week I have driven the same route, 24.6 miles. Each morning before unplugging, I request a Carwings update and it shows I'm at 83% charge. When I get home every day, it says I'm at 33% charge. So I'm using 50% of my capacity to drive 24.6 miles. It also says that on each day I use...

As important as climate control is to the range of the LEAF, I find myself changing the settings quite often (e.g. turning defog on and off as needed in the wet weather here). I previously had a 2008 Prius in which I could do a lot of climate control options on the steering wheel: Auto on/off...

The one thing I have found most annoying in my LEAF is how I have to change to brightness of the dash backlights. In all other cars I've driven, there is a dial/knob or +/- rocker buttons so that I can change the brightness up and down at any time. In the LEAF, however, there is just a single...

Hi everyone, Last month I bought a 2012 SL, and I'm loving it, EXCEPT: The voice recognition for selecting phone book entries doesn't seem to work. For example, if I say "Call Bob" or "Call Bob Jones" it shows me a list of what seem to be completely random phone book entries from my phone --...