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Starting next month three year leases will be expiring. According to a mailing I got from a Nissan dealer, the fair market value of my Leaf is $12,375. This is a couple of thousand less than my residual. Does anyone know what Nissan is going to do, take back all the leased cars or offer leasees...

What do you think that this, "News Source: The Windsor Star via Hybrid Cars", means?

I guess it is a matter of terminology. Whenever I have gotten over 70 it has been to the accompaniment of low battery warnings. I suppose that you can get used to them and not have them cause concern, I have not reached that stage. After two years I still have 12 bars but become very...

I have been thinking about this question and am answering the question with trepidation. Unless you are certain that you will be satisfied with a 60 mile car, the answer is no. I have had my Leaf for two years with no regrets but it is a car for early adopters who want to be part of a great new...

Sometimes, you have to go across the border to get the skinny on what's happening in the US. For example, did you know GM might be testing electric cars with batteries that have about three times the energy density of today's EV? That's could be the case, since during the recent Automotive...

Lots of luck on driving a Prius another 100,000 miles with no major repairs, I needed a new battery pack at 110k. I also got stuck with about $2k because of the check engine light. Even with the help of "Toyota engineers" they couldn't diagnose the problem and just kept on replacing things until...

"Yep. We had chatter about Envia before (I haven't followed them). Take a look at viewtopic.php?p=224783#p224783 and look at the Envia related stuff in that thread, going back a few pages. Seems like marketing FUD and wishful thinking, for the time being." There is not much marketing in...

All that I meant was that two years is sort of a milestone on the way to the end of my three year lease. By now I have a pretty good basis on which to know what I like and dislike about the car and to guess how other people will react to it.

Two years of my lease were just completed and I am looking to the future. My summary on the Leaf is that it is an excellent car with a completely inadequate range. Unless Nissan drops the residual to a third, I will not consider keeping it after the lease period. I wonder what Nissan is going to...

Elon Musk: "The overarching goal of Tesla is to help reduce carbon emissions and that means low cost and high volume. We will also serve as an example to the auto industry, proving that the technology really works and customers want to buy electric vehicles "People will buy the car just because...

"Musk has said he'd like the car to cost in the $30,000 to $40,000 range." Assuming that Musk can do it, and he has a good track record, the others will have to match him or go out of business. As for being a "gloom and doom" post, I regard this as an optimistic post. If in four years, you can...

Well it is now June 1. Has GoE3 started even one of the projects that they promised in May. It looks like we can write them off.

Tesla Motors (TSLA_) announced its Supercharger network will now allow drivers of the Model S to travel across the country, without experiencing range anxiety. And it's going to do it much faster than people think. The network, which will triple by the end of next month, up from 9 to 27, will...

Somebody please explain to me why the over ten year old Toyota RAV4 Electrics owned by SCE are still getting over 100 miles in range and why two year old Leafs are losing range far below the nominal 70. To me the obvious conclusion is that at this stage of battery development, EVs should be...

We are now about half way through May, is there any indication that GoE3 is installing the fast chargers that they said they would?

At the moment, the fast charger at Casa Grande is free and working.

Today, May 5, PlugShare shows the Picacho Peak fast charger as available. Based on my described experience, I do not regard this as reliable. Has anyone used this charger lately?

Original Toyota RAV4EV-100 to 120 miles, NiMH battery pack has a capacity of 27 kWh (The MSRP was US$42,000) EV1-"75 to 150 miles Nickel-metal hydride battery pack", 26.4 kW (GM based the lease payments for the EV1 on an initial vehicle price of US$33,995) Does anybody see something strange?

Even if the Picacho Peak charger is replaced by a working model, there is still a big problem with GoE3. Based on my experience, you often get voice mail when you call for help. This can leave you stranded with no way out.

The L2 charger was working otherwise my trip would have been a disaster.