Recent content by lanceaz

One of the problems with using the EV battery to power the house (I assume it would be done at night for those with solar) is that the lithium ion batteries are good for about 3,000 charge/discharge cycles. Using the battery for the car and the home would cut the life of the battery in half to...

I am remiss in posting so late and I wanted to thank Richard for setting up this gathering. Billie and I really enjoyed meeting everyone and would like to get together again. :D I hope we can set up another gathering soon, perhaps at Macayos on Grant. They have a large meeting room that I have...

Most Chrysler cars will hold the speed down to the set speed while descending hills by shifting down as needed. They have been doing this for many years. I rented one in August of '98 that did this and was surprised that it did it, so much so that I still remember it.

I've driven several Chryslers that would downshift in order to maintain the set speed going down a hill and use engine compression to hold them back. With the built-in regeneration capability in the Leaf, it seems that it would be easy to hold the car down to the set speed going down the hill...

It seems to me that the cruise control could easily hold the speed down while descending a hill using the motor as a brake. It would apply a regenerative charging load to the motor much like the brake pedal does when lightly applied. I would hope this would be a very simple software...

I agree. I have experienced the same thing. A little release right under the hatch would be fine.

Some friends have been asking if the Leaf can be towed behind a motor home. Is there any information on this subject?