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I was talking to someone the other day who was claiming that EV charging would bring down the power grid in places like California. He said that since people needed 50 kilowatts to charge their cars quickly that any EV sales success would be quickly followed by blackouts, people stranded unable...

Using the same method as the now-famous Enginer PHEV kit for the Prius, could a secondary battery be used to inject power into the Leaf's HV bus? (i.e. 8kwhr of 48V batteries, 5kW DC/DC to boost to 360-400V for injection onto HV bus) Or is Nissan doing something clever that would "catch" that?

I have one EVSE-upgrade cable that has both the 240V and 16A mods. (It actually seems to draw about 17A when in use.) I plan on sending the other EVSE I have (trickle charger that came with the car) to EVSE-upgrade to have it upgraded as well. Are there any advantages in leaving it at 12A? I...

Most of our driving on a daily basis is <10 miles. My commute is ~5 miles but I usually bike, so our Leaf would be used mainly by my wife for her work/shopping. The problem is that 90% of her driving is to a local drop zone that's 66 miles away. She drives it often enough that it represents...