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Nissan will probably only offer you a "courtesy" extension of up to 6 months, at the same terms. That's all I was able to get out of them. It's still cheaper to extend your lease than to rent a car, so we'll probably take the extension while we consider our next EV Lease options: new LEAF, BMW...

I'm hoping to visit a friend for Thanksgiving in my LEAF, but there are no convenient public EVSEs available and her apartment parking garage has no outlets. There is however an RV Park nearby! My Nissan EVSE has Phil's L2/Rev 2 240V upgrade, but I haven't yet bought an "RV Park" adapter (NEMA...

I think the (still pitiful) EPA EV range for the PIP is 11 miles.

Oops, my bad. Guess I need a GUI for just about everything now, thanks to Steve Jobs! :P

Sure, but better IMO to put "BLINK" in the sentence and not publish a Google Searchable phrase that is incorrect. E.g., "It's disgraceful, the SF Bay area supposedly with the most Leafs and EVs has so few (only 38) BLINK/EV Project public charging stations." Just saying ... :ugeek: Gary

Sorry, "38 public Bay Area EVSEs" is low by at least a factor of 2. Using the Plugshare app (which totals the number of EVSEs shown on its map up to a max of 100), I see 94 public EVSEs (Level 2 or 3; no home, 120 volt or Tesla chargers) displayed from San Jose to San Francisco, including 3...

I think that it is "not legal" for anyone other than a utility to sell electric energy to another entity. I believe the work-around for this is to charge for the use of the parking spot (time-based) or for a "facility charge" (equipment-based) while providing the energy for free. Or perhaps...

Thanks, Ray, looks nice. But remind us again of the Winter-Summer and Summer-Winter transition dates? Rclams

OK, this is my early vote for "Post of the Month/Humor Category" :lol:

Well, you're not using the 80% charge timer are you? :D A "full charge" with that timer gives us 80 miles of indicated range.

Just saw this outrageously irresponsible post, EVDRIVER. Please delete or edit with a link with a description of the true state of affairs for EV Charge America, which to me sounds like someone might be headed to jail for fraud. Sure, everyone should do due diligence before buying an EVSE, but...

Well done, thank you for giving us some things to consider in our own letter.

It's happened to me too. I'm thinking that the high temps (90+ *F) we had last week allowed the orange cover to seat into the foam gasket a bit more than normal and it was just stuck there. The release latch just "gets out of the way" and the viscous-damped spring is supposed to pivot the...

I have found that following AT THE RECOMMENDED MINIMUM OF 2 SECONDS SEPARATION makes a noticeable reduction in drag for my 2009 Plug-In Prius, as measured in real-time MPG improvements of 10-30% by my ScanGauge. I believe that our LEAF also benefits from this legal/"reasonably safe" drafting...

Yeah, because as I said three posts up, now quoting PG&E: "Residential TOU tariffs do not include off-peak rates for weekday holidays."

Unfortunately, there are no "TOU Holidays" for residential accounts, only for commercial & industrial accounts. :( Bummer.

I think that PV has at least a 3% after-tax, ROI (not including the TOU arbitrage bonus). And right now that's hard to beat, as you know. See for example http://www.thomaswlewis.com/?page_id=45 showing a simple payback of 9 years. With 20-25 year warrantees on panels, if someone owns their...

I assume you know that we have 122 days till we need the Winter chart? :lol: Good point, Ray; PV systems should favor a southwest orientation for TOU rates. Our older 1kW system (circa 2002), installed on the back roof of the house, faces Southeast, but ... our new 2 kW system, installed on...

PG&E E9A TOU Hours Chart http://www.flickr.com/photos/70485818@N00/5892748185/in/photostream/lightbox/

This spreadsheet is essentially worthless if you have a PhotoVoltaic System - your peak kWh usage under E9A could be NEGATIVE for 5 or 6 months of the year, creating "revenue" to offset your off-peak EV charging! Note: you can't actually make money, just reduce your bill towards zero. I went...