Recent content by thermon

Driving home from the airport (a 70 mile round trip drive), I was looking to see where the nearest charging stations were. I noticed one I've never seen before, and had the navigation track me to it. It led me to the center of my nearby Costco. There was no charging station to be found, but...

Dispite all the nay-sayers, here is the theory. Whether or not its practical, I don't know. So, in theory, the solar panel is providing power to the 12V system, including the battery. If this was properly designed, and I have no reason to believe its not, the LEAF is superior in design to any...

I am a LEAF and Prius owner, and love both cars. The Volt strikes me as an oddball. Its not quite a true electric car, and not quite a true hybrid either. I chose a LEAF so that I could know, at least on my end of the power supply chain, that my car was producing no CO2. I cannot control the...

I've had my LEAF for just over one week and discovered the USB/play feature quite by accident. This is very cool, and kind of makes the CD obsolete... !!!