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Background: The electric utilities in Arizona have been waging an anti solar war recently. First APS asked for a $50/mo tax added to rooftop solar customers electric bills. The Arizona Corporation Commission granted them $5. Now, about a week ago, SRP passed an onerous demand tax on top of...

Chelsea Sexton tweeted this You Tube video. It appears to be for DC-QC stations at a Japanese convenience store chain. Definitely shows differences in the cultures. :o The starring LEAF looks identical to mine. :D Warning, slightly inappropriate, kind of like something Go Daddy would want...

"Welcome to Blink... Please stand by..." We had a major dust storm in Phoenix the day before last with very high winds and power that went out for about an hour. The next day I noticed my LEAF was charging, when it should have completed charge hours before. The cause was the clock on the...

The LEAF has a ram air mode, but it is not necessarily easy to discover. Ram air is where the fan is off but air is forced through the vents by the pressure differential between the intake, at the base of the windshield, and the cabin. When the system is OFF just press the mode button. A...

ECOtality just started a forum for Blink owners/users. The name is Blinkshare. Here's the link: http://blinkshare.blinknetwork.com/blink It looks like a good place to talk to ECOtality directly.

http://green.autoblog.com/2012/01/29/watch-a-brace-of-nissan-leaf-evs-frolic-in-the-snow/ Good article with videos of the LEAF being driven in the snow. Interviews with Kadota-san (the Chief Vehicle Engineer) and journalists. Be sure to catch mention of Nissan working on a new, more...

http://evlife.tumblr.com/post/15332246797/anti-ev-law-in-california http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/05/chevy-volts-called-back-recalled-gm-batteries_n_1186253.html http://www.theblaze.com/stories/after-receiving-bailout-gm-may-move-volt-production-to-china/ Is GM trying to kill the...

http://green.autoblog.com/2011/11/01/cooler-colored-cars-are-up-to-2-percent-more-fuel-efficient-than/ Happy I got mine in white.

What is up with Consumers Reports? First they give the Chevy Volt a score of only 67 (dismal) and now they give the LEAF a score of only 78 (good, but not great). They gave the Prius an 80. My question is... in what world is the Prius better than the LEAF? They also dissed the LEAF's...

First some background. The LEAF uses a liquid coolant for the motor, inverter, and charger. It also uses this coolant for the heater. There is a resistance heater that warms the coolant. This heater runs most of the time, even when the A/C is running. It warms the cooled air back up to meet...