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Gulp ! I'm seeing 9 bars to 80% almost consistently now (been 2 weeks). 14k mi and 18 months of use since our 1-4-11 purchase date. I run about 37 mi/day, charge 6 days per week. 65 mph to work (and folks are riding my butt and scowling at me) and about 72-73 mph home (that's the San Diego...

Being a power systems engineer myself for the past 31 years I agree with you wholeheartedly Phil. He is unclear and inconsistent in the terms he uses and flips switches to act like he has something special going on. I just can't imagine you get something from nothing as he is purporting (or he...

In DEC 2010 at the Nissan design center here in San Diego, Mark Perry told me Nissan is planning on making available an upgrade to the 3.3 kW charger on the LEAF. Maybe they've changed their minds since then but this is the story he personally told me at that time. Malcolm :geek:

50 mi (81 km) from 80% charge. Car has 9k+ mi (14.6k km), solo, in San Diego, CA, USA, minimal elevation change but some, winter, 58 deg F (14.4 deg C) daytime, 40 deg F (4.4 deg C) nighttime, coming home in the dark, climate control on auto at 75 deg F (24 deg C), lights on, wipers on, raining...

Yes. That is indicated in the manual as I recall. Malcolm :geek:

Don't forget, the cost of capital recovery (for distribution and transmission facilities) is done over time. Facilities installed (for the sake of discussion here) over the last couple of years, still have 28-38 years left to fully be recovered in rates. To say, "...there is no distribution cost...

Similar here, San Diego County, but $313 total 69 198 0 38 8 0 Malcolm :geek:

Heh, Heh. Well stated Boomer. I agree with you. For "hundreds" he may be on to something but a few more miles of range would be desireable... say, 1.5x the 70 freeway miles I currently get (68-73 mph with full a/c and radio). It would cost but that's why the option would exist. Some would...

Nobody's getting my stickers. I keep 'em secure in the envelope in the trunk of my LEAF ! :twisted: Malcolm :geek:

Good deal Jack. One thing I don't hear anyone talking about is the EVSE temperature after some period of charging. Last night I took my Ingineer modified, 240v, 12a Panasonic EVSE and decided to charge my car from 1 bar to 12 bars at about 75% of the Blink charge rate. I did this test because...

Tony, If I get this data right, worst case, I can expect 10.2 mi after I hit low battery before I get to turtle. Is this correct? tx Malcolm :geek:

It's the normal deal adric. Maximo torque-age these "'lectric" motors have. Cool huh. If it's not your style, use ECO mode and it basically goes away. Me, my ankle gets tired using ECO mode any more but that translates into me being a lucky LEAF owner with only a 34 mile daily freeway...

hmmm... but that just gives you 1300 with units of mph squared. no? I'm still thinking the 36% increase in energy is correct still (but still might be convinced otherwise). Macolm :geek:

That's funny. When I spoke with a Nissan VP of product planning (electrical engineer) in January after I bought my LEAF he indicated that they were concerned about the driver who wanted to go from San Francisco to San Diego using QC the whole way. Seems Nissan has quite a lot of VP's. Seems...

I was taught it's the square of the velocity ratio... (70/60)^2=1.361. That's 36% more. What am I missing? Malcolm :geek: