Recent content by vatavian

Pushing power to the grid during the day is helpful because that is when demand is highest. Charging at night when demand is lowest also helps smooth out the demand on the grid. Fifty years does sound optimistic.

I love my Leaf and I agree with much of this thread that a few small manual vs. automatic issues could be improved: Asking every time it starts the nav Asking to log in again on the iPhone and Android apps (log back in automatically and do what I asked, don't show an error message, make me log...

We felt like the installed units were overpriced when we bought our Leaf, so for now we are exclusively using our EVSE Upgrade unit and we not only turn it off but also stow it in the car when it is not in use. It is not as convenient as having a permanently installed EVSE, so we are interested...

+1, I was really surprised to find that this is not already part of Carwings. Something that runs on your phone is great for locating your phone, but that does not work to find your car because your phone is not usually in the car. In fact, you are using that phone to look for your car, aren't...

I agree with most of these (though I haven't thought about the sun visors yet) and want to add: 10. Small LED that illuminates the charging connector when the charge door is open and the cord is not yet plugged in. (extra cool points if it is inside the connector itself, but anywhere inside the...

On the "Nissan does not recommend" topic, one possible reason is that they don't want people hearing about how long it takes to charge on L1. People will ask how long it takes to charge, so be sure to tell them that most drivers charge theirs more than twice as quickly.

I have made personalized dashboard cards for three situations: 1. General information about the car for curious people. 2. Letting other EV drivers know they are free to unplug the car if they need a charge. 3. Showing a time after which this car will be charged enough, using a paper clip...

I had an unofficial chat with a friend about the two L3 charging stations being offered to Atlanta by Nissan. One is likely to go downtown somewhere, but the fate of the second is unclear. It has been offered to Midtown, but they are not sure whether they will accept it because they feel it will...

Thanks so much for sharing this work you have done by posting the code on github. This will be a huge help in developing my own version of the Android app. I may even do a retro Windows Moble app. If I get it working, I will also share my source code and start my own thread about it.

I like the idea of this placard. I find the original a bit wordy and busy with the scenic background, so I am working on a simpler version. I am making mine two-sided. One will have the hours you can mark with a paper clip, the other I will use when I am just topping off and don't really need...

I was leaving San Diego the night before this event. Fortunately I was able to get a look at these new Blink devices on my way to the airport. They do look nice, but it seems a bit unfriendly that there is no way to charge if you do not already have one of their cards. It also would have been...

Cute. We were going through the possible ways to get a Leaf to travel 300 miles and came up with a few ideas: 1. Put it on a truck or trailer - of course it would work, but not much fun 2. Couch-surf and outlet-surf for 3 days and blog about who we meet and what they think of the car. 3. Run an...