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Last night A Full size SUV wanted to show who was boss at a stop light next to our LEAF. As the light turned green he made some noise so I mashed the accelerator. As I shot out I front of him I looked back in the mirror to see a cloud of black smoke coming out of his exhaust. I thought he was a...

OpenEVSE would like to announce the first Annual Steampunk Charging Station Build Off. This contest was inspired by an OpenEVSE builder Alex who built a Charging Station around a piece of Telephone test equipment from the 1960s. His project includes a working current meter and LEDs. More info on...

OpenEVSE firmware version 3.0 and above introduced a new Remote API. The RAPI is a simple bi-directional communication protocol, which allows OpenEVSE to communicate with just about anything without any modifications to the OpenEVSE source code. OpenEVSE builders have implemented WiFi...

I just released a new OpenEVSE Basic kit, it is built around a new custom poly carbonate enclosure with full color graphics. It can be built for about $350 total including input cable and J1772 cable. Both the 32A and 40A cable from Quick Charge Power work great with this kit. The 40A cable will...

I have received many questions about differences between OpenEVSE and the EMW kickstarter campaign JuiceBox. It appears EMW has received the same questions as well. While a lot is still unknown about Juicebox as none of the source information is currently available some assumptions can be made...

Wanted to buy: Broken and out of warranty Blink. I would like a broken Blink for experimentation. I plan to gut and replace the internals with OpenEVSE parts and a Raspberry Pi. I will document the process to allow others to perform the same conversion in the future if desired. Enclosure and...

After a family get together a couple weeks ago, I loaned my cousin our LEAF for a week. During the party there was a bit of discussion about the LEAF, TESLA and electric cars in general. My cousin was interested but very skeptical, So I dropped the LEAF off and took his Altima. He has posted 2...

I just finished a batch of 20 boards for lincomatic's Open Source "LeafCAN". http://blog.lincomatic.com/?p=831 I will have boards for sale by the end of the week for $75 with US shipping and LeafCAN firmware loaded. Send a PM if you want one... Source code...

I received some pictures from a VOLT owner the other day. He fixed his out of warranty Voltec EVSE with OpenEVSE parts. A broken EVSE makes a great platform for a DIY EVSE, the majority of the cost is the J1772 cable. A broken EVSE still has some value. OpenEVSE components in the Voltec form...

The LEAF made a brief appearance in the finale list night as Art and JJ's cab in Japan. A couple quick shots inside and a shot of Art and JJ closing the rear hatch. Had to rewind/re-watch/pause a couple times to prove it to my wife who was skeptical...

Open EVSE comes to the Arduino. I built an EVSE Arduino shield for the Arduino Challenge. Contest link http://www.instructables.com/contest/arduino2012/?show=ENTRIES Direct link http://www.instructables.com/id/Arduino-EV-J1772-Charging-Station/ Charging powered by "Arduino" Check it out...

http://bottomline.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/02/10563905-volt-production-halted-1300-workers-out-of-work Wow... too much supply

I drive the same car as my grandmother and I am proud of it... I showed her the car at my daughters 1st birthday and less than 2 weeks later she had an orphan in her driveway. Grandma's car My car

This thread is to show and discuss EVSEs built with the Open EVSE board. If you built an EVSE please post pictures and tell your story. Are you charging a Leaf, Tesla, Volt or something else? This is my EVSE: Built in June 2011 Lancaster California. I use as my primary EVSE for my Leaf...

Join us for a Saturday breakfast in the Antelope Valley. Standard Topics: Leaf, EVs, EVSE, airplanes and blowing stuff up If anyone is interested in coming from a distance there are chargepoint EVSEs about a mile away at Quartz Hill High School. I will be happy to provide a shuttle to Primo...

Problem: Deploying an EVSE is expensive. Deploying several is very expensive and requires lots of electrical lines, panel space, etc... Scenario: a place like LAX where lots of EVs park for an extended time. Let’s say we are going to install 16 30A J1772 EVSEs. That would take 16 EVSEs, 16 40A...

The Leaf continues to surprise me... I decided to take to LEAF from Lancaster to the SoCal Gathering in Cerritos. I did not have anything else planned so I had nothing to lose. I planned a route on Bouquet Canyon road through the mountains to Valencia. In Valencia I would hop on the 5 for...

I started a Google Code Open Source project for the "OpenEVSE" based on the DIY EVSE http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=2736 I just started populating the site with info and a basic schematic. There is much more to come... Take a look and contribute if you can...

Is there any other leafers at the event? Ill post pictures soon...

Inside EVSE's linked from around this board and the web. Blink... http://evseupgrade.com/pic/?blnk3" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; http://evseupgrade.com/pic/?blnk2" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; http://evseupgrade.com/pic/?blnk1"...