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Any advice for a 2012 Leaf that's at the end of its 39 month lease? Nissan is offering for me to skip 2 payments if I keep it for another 24 to 36 months. I heard that they stand to lose about $5,000 per car, so I didn't take the deal as I didn't think it was generous enough. I mean they...

PlugShare is usually the best source of this information. If you are on the ChargePoint network then their app will typically tell you if the charger is in use or not. Most of the fast chargers have been updated by EvGO and the equipment is so much better in terms of the big heavy plug that...

I'm not going but I might if Evanston still participated.

I have a direct contact for eVgo from the Auto Show. Let me dig up his info. As a matter of fact I had been meaning to tell him that this forum would love to hear from him. I've also almost ended up on the back of a tow truck because of these L3 chargers being unreliable.

The Fast Charging situation is getting better thanks to eVgo. They are the ones who bought and inherited the mess that 350 Green left, and it took well over a year for all of that to happen. I talked to the eVgo guys at the Chicago Auto Show. First they have brought all of the existing L3...

Here's how I calculate my range. 1. Reset Trip 1. 2. Reset m/kwh meter (can't remember where it is off the top of my head). 3. For 100% charge...take your m/kwh * 16 and that's how far you can go. 4. For 80% charge...take your m/kwh * 13 and that's how far you can go. This gives you a real-time...

Thanks Stoaty! I'm going to go in anyway but with low expectations. Lol. My lease is up at the end of 2015 through, so I'll be in the new tech after that.

Does anyone else have the problem of brakes grabbing at low speeds? It happens to me in Drive and Eco, and it seems to be getting worse. It's like they go from working normally to just slamming on. It feels very digital. I'm taking mine in to the Autobarn in Evanston on Wednesday to see what...

I cannot begin to tell you how wonderful this news is. We finally have a reliable network of fast chargers in the Chicagoland area. I can tell you how the experience went before this was in place. If you were lucky enough to get a card you never knew if you could actually put additional charges...

If you're the only one using the plug and you're only using it for the Leaf, then you could put a meter on it to get the exact usage. I have one of these for other purposes, and I love this little gadget. http://www.amazon.com/P3-P4400-Electricity-Usage-Monitor/dp/B00009MDBU#"...

Plugshare is the best resource for this. I don't think you'll like the options at O'hare. I think the chargers are only on the first level, and usually you cannot park on Level 1 because it's full.

Congrats!! I live in Uptown and commute to Skokie with my Leaf. I've had it for 1 1/2 years so far, and I also have the lease.

I think it's just a perk. IKEA had these spaces years ago because I had a hybrid, and I remember parking in it. Honestly an L2 charger at a grocery store is fine if I need one in an emergency, but Walgreen's, grocery stores, etc. really need L3 chargers. I just don't spend enough time there...

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Please report outages here. http://www.afdc.energy.gov/fuels/electricity_locations.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I have reported outages at this url, and I've had someone contact me about my report. I think that the CarWings info is driven off of updates from this...

Try the PlugShare app or website. It is much more reliable.

That's true. The dealers are there to move cars out the door. I like the Tesla model much better where they also control the charging infrastructure, but I don't have $75,000 to drop on a car. :-) As for charging station reliability...I use Plug Share to get user feedback, but I use...

I've found that PlugShare is the most reliable source of information for knowing whether or not a charger is up and working. Whole Foods has turned theirs off but they want to have EV chargers. I talked to the management and they said that they had to turn them off because they cannot get...

I noticed a couple of nice features of the Leaf that really aren't specific to an EV, but I've found them helpful for Winter, so I thought I would mention them here. 1. Being able to disable traction control. We are probably beyond this for the season, but I got stuck twice in the last few...