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I dream of the day when while I am driving my EV on the freeway to go from Seattle to Disney and the battery gets the LBW. All of the sudden a big truck labeled "The Ultimate Range Extender" and loaded with fast spinning electrons pulls in front of me and a connector starts to unreel of the back...

I just put a nice rip in my 2012 liftgate weatherstrip. I looked at https://www.oemnissanparts.com/parts/2012/Nissan/Leaf/SL/?siteid=216018&vehicleid=377206&section=BODY%20HARDWARE&group=LIFT%20GATE&subgroup=GATE%20%26%20HARDWARE&component=Weatherstrip" onclick="window.open(this.href);return...

We have been ICE free household for over one year now. We rented twice and used some our friends cars a few times. We flew to our vacation destination and rented there, but we would have done that anyway. The battery degraded, the DCQC charging station availability dropped, and the number of EVs...

Many people here asked for this. This is interesting "Ford's C-MAX Solar Energi Concept hybrid vehicle has a rooftop solar panel system that uses a Fresnel lens to concentrate sunlight onto the solar cells to boost the sunlight impact by a factor of eight" Eight times the "impact", but how uch...

I rarely watch TV, but today it was suppose to be some freezing rain so I turn on the TV to see the weather. Just then an Exxon commercial was on saying that one gallon of gas can power a cell phone for 3000 days. It ended with something like "that is why your car has to carry less gasoline...

My Blink was dead, newer red car is damaged and the older white one seems OK but still needs investigation. I achieve all these in about 2 minutes. For the last year we charged both cars with one Blink and we were fine. The Blink sits on a side wall towards the front of the two car garage. To...

In the last couple days there is a spring rubbing noise when we press the acceleration pedal. It seems to come from the black box where the pedal pivots. Everything is functioning fine, but I am just worried if that spring comes loose and jams the pedal. The car is due for the one year battery...

I am working on installing my PV system and I had to move some waste-drain vents to the north roof. I went to the store with the idea that the pipes will stick out the passenger window. But to my surprise the pipes fit in just fine with about 1/4" to spare. These were 1.5" and 2" pipes. There is...

I always wonder how people can see and have memories when in clinical death, since their brain is not active. Now I found an answer, well :shock: ... more than I expected. http://www.foodforthemindandfireforthesoul.com/is-your-brain-really-necessary/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return...

Now that we have two Leafs that only draw 3.7 kW each, I am wondering if the L2 Blink unit at home can be mod to charge both at the same time (when is going to be mine, of course). Right now I charge one Leaf overnight and the second one I plug in at 5:00 am when I get up for work. There is not...

EDIT: I did not want to start another tread. I changed the title to reflect the new direction that my solar investigation took me. Please see (my) post #5. I start looking into solar system and just found out that for a system that is manufactured in WA state the utility (in WA State) will buy...

http://www.kgw.com/lifestyle/green/Beaverton-opens-first-in-the-naton-eco-friendly-gas-station-130394398.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Quote: "On the rooftop are 75 solar panels that generate enough energy to power the entire service station, and more. Some of the excess...

Just noticed today that "Nearby Charging Stations" when used with "Search Near Current Location" gives the distances based on a direct line on the map, not a driving distance. The closest station was across the river, about 6 miles if you fly, but driving distance was over 20 miles. If you are...