Recent content by 808pv

Years later, your reply just saved me a lot of stress. Happened first time this morning on our 2011, and indeed there had been a power glitch while it was plugged in a few days earlier. Plugged it in again, no more light. Thanks!

Heads up to Leaf owners w/ subscriptions to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. The paper has an online poll regarding EV parking incentives. As of this afternoon, EV resentment seems to be carrying the vote, but there's still time...

6 years in April, 14K miles, all powered by the sun. Was among the first dozen or so in HI. Just replaced the main battery (original was down only 2 bars, but I began to wonder about future availability of the 24s.) Still quite happy with it -- and now that the kids are off to college, we don't...

Couldn't find any reference to retrofits on the Nissan link you posted. Is this the 2CH forum link you're referring to? http://karma.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/auto/1481651086/ If so, it seems pretty speculative unless I'm misreading something.

Agree that seems to be Nissan's approach, but I'd argue that cars aren't quite as disposable as tablets. Most desktop computers, for example, can take RAM and other upgrades. Nissan should do the same for the Leaf. I'd cheerfully drop a large chunk of change on a battery upgrade, but if getting...

Let's hope the delay is due to production capacity rather than a desire to steer their early adopters into buying new cars. Because if they don't facilitate an upgrade path for my 2011, any new car I buy definitely won't be a Nissan. Fool me once, etc.

Had a chance to try out an i3 during a recent stopover in San Francisco. BMW's DriveNow car-sharing service has added them to the fleet fairly recently, replacing the older ActiveE. Not bad overall, but with some odd quirks that left me missing our 2011 Leaf. Throttle response was strong on the...

As of 8/27/13, the 24-hour rule has been challenged and overturned: http://bit.ly/16ZUVe5 '...Honolulu resident Dale Podoll challenged the new charge on grounds that it conflicted with the law exempting vehicles with “EV” license plates from paying parking fees. After consulting with the state...

Nissan has taken the wraps off the bigger, faster brother to the Leaf RC. Not for sale, but aiming to race next year at Le Mans: http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/06/nissan-zeod-rc/

Thanks for this! Saved me a trip back to the dealer (!) who reinstalled it incorrectly after a service/wash. .

Just came across this thread. Can't speak for others here (we see quite a few on the road, and I'm told Hawaii has the highest per-capita ownership in the U.S.) but we have no significant complaints. We got our Leaf in April 2011, a bit over 4,800 miles so far in and around Honolulu. Only...

Like a lot of similar assessments, the article neglects to mention the emissions needed to refine and transport the gasoline used by ICE cars. If they're going to measure upstream emissions, they should do so for both types of vehicle, or the comparisons are invalid. Can't tell yet if this is a...

State data says there were 357 registered electric passenger vehicles in Hawaii as of July, up from 339 in June and 166 in July of 2010. That's compared to 8,264 passenger diesels, 10,085 passenger hybrids and 949,989 passenger gasoline vehicles in July 2011. ( http://1.usa.gov/q0BJU5 ) We may...

Any hassles with the attendant? (E.g., citing the law, calling supervisors etc.)

Surprised Nissan didn't put out a notice on this. If not for this forum, I wouldn't have known about it. Seems to work pretty well on HTC MyTouch 4G Slide, though it doesn't rotate horizontally when the slider keyboard is extended. Glad to see it's finally out though.