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The Niro has that option too - Bjorn Nyland went through that on his recent YouTube video. (Currently the front-runner to replace my Leaf... I need something with longer range!)

You're welcome! I agree with you on your assessment WRT evaluating potential used vehicles. Cheers.

I have definitely seen a trend of Ahr/SOH swinging fairly consistently with ambient temperature since I started tracking data in November 2015. I first posted about it in my regular 6 month cost update Nov 2016 http://kootenayevfamily.ca/cost-update-96000-km-and-2-5-years/ (scroll down to the...

I made my own trip planner spreadsheet based from Tony's range chart for flat driving, then applying some other factors, including elevation gain/descent. If you go to the 'Elevation Energy' tab you'll get more detail on how the sheet figures out energy used to climb (you can modify your weight...

Went to the source article, looks like he may have made one error? 2nd life battery listed as 4.2 kWh with new battery as 6 kWh. He goes on to extrapolate that the 60% improvement from the 6 kWh to 9.6 kWh (listed as same size battery/weight and avail. at end of 2017) would correspond to going...

Nice find on that gov't doc for expressions of interest for the next phase! In January I stumbled on something of interest for the Kootenay region too - http://kootenaybiz.com/bizblog/article/electric_vehicle_charging_stations_coming_to_the_kootenays - I think they will be installing some this...

Hi Frank, no updates to report. Battery health degradation seems normal, and I'm nearing 108,000 km (67k miles). I still get the clunk when making climbs from the valley bottoms around here (about 500 m) once I've climbed about 600 m (2,000 ft); my local ski hill is actually an 1,150 m climb...

We bought an OpenEVSE unit with a 14-xx plug and a TT-30 adapter. I didn't bother with 6-50 as I didn't really want to bug garages/welders to use their outlets. I wanted to be equipped to plug into campgrounds primarily and pull maximum juice (24A at either 120 or 240V; hence the OpenEVSE...

Update on the above: (km) (Ahr) (SOH) (Hx) Feb 09, 2016 67,968 65.91 100% 101.0% Mar 10, 2016 71,791 62.86 96% 96.7% Mar 29, 2016 74,093 60.7 92% 93.2% Apr 18, 2016 76,297 59.17 90% 90.1% Apr 25, 2016 77,001 58.57 89% 88.9% May 09, 2016...

Update on using my Open EVSE on 120V/30A TT-30 outlet for charging: I did get a chance to use it twice on my trip last week. First time I charged overnight from almost flat and had about 9 - 10 hours, so I set it at 18A and the car accepted that power with no quibble. The next day I set the...

[snip...] Scroll down to the Charging Equipment section (http://kootenayevfamily.ca/ev-basics/resources/) and click on BSA Electronics - this guy builds high - quality Open EVSE products. I bought one last year and have used it several times now, and can confirm that it will charge at at...

[snip] Scroll down to the Charging Equipment section (http://kootenayevfamily.ca/ev-basics/resources/) and click on BSA Electronics - this guy builds high - quality Open EVSE products. I bought one last year and have used it several times now, and can confirm that it will charge at at least...

Anyone have some info on the status of the Vernon DCFC? Will be in Kelowna at the end of April, and I'm contemplating heading north to Kamloops to see a friend, then east to Revelstoke and back down highway 23/6 to Nelson.

Actually it is a bit worse than that even! I used my trip planner spreadsheet (you can find on my website) and did some checking: - Even with a brand new 24 kWh Leaf, you need to stop twice between Revy and Golden; once at Canyon Hot Springs Resort, and again on the other side of the pass at...

Thanks for sending this letter. I definitely agree with the underlined sentiment.