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Huntington Beach City Councilmember Joe Shaw is proposing that Huntington Beach "require new residential, commercial, and industrial projects to have a minimum number of electric vehicle-capable parking spaces." From the HB Independent...

GE rolled out its EVSE network Wattstation Connect in late April, 2012. I started an account there early on to check out the features. In December, I got interested in using the newly installed Wattstations at the Irvine Spectrum. So I splurged $3.49 + shipping and tax for a Wattstation Connect...

Thread to discuss the Orange County NPID event: Orange County National Plug In Day What: Join us on September 23rd in Mitsubishi of North America’s Cypress parking lot as Orange County celebrates the electrifying benefits of plug-in cars! Be part of the large gathering of drivers, EV advocates...

UCI Medical center officially announced the availability of three new charging stations on Thursday. The barbed wire is because Orange County Juvenile Detention is on the other side of the fence. Location in Google Maps These are Coulomb 2021's which are some of the nicest commercial Level...

Nissan just put out another of their Qualtrics surveys today. This one was focused on mileage (average miles driven on weekdays/weekends) and charging metrics (how often one uses different charging stations: public, friends house, etc..) Funny, they didn't ask at all about drivers' experiences...

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I have a stock cordset that was blown out (previous owner supposedly connected it to 240VAC..) I'm mainly interested in the cord and connector for use with chris1howell's OpenEVSE board that should be arriving shortly. I'd like to get the EVSE working too, if I can repair it cheaply. I was...

Updated with info and photos collected in this thread 3 stations in the Mesa Parking Structure 3 stations in the Student Center Parking Structure 2 stations in the Social Science Parking Structure 2 stations in the Research Park There are two other sites at UCI with legacy stations (Bren...

From Ryan Grady at Charge Harbor, and Linda Nicholes, who is hosting plug-in drivers who are interested in attending: Directions Address is the Eastside Parking Structure on the campus of CSU Fullerton. This structure is off of Nutwood Ave on Folino Dr. If you go to the Coulomb...

I know Caracalover has posted about this event in a various threads, but I think it deserves it's own topic, moderators. --- Everyone loves a parade, especially EV parades! On Sunday, October 16, Plug In America, Electric Auto Association and Sierra Club are celebrating National Plug In Day...

Below is the text of the email sent out by Plug In America to all CA supporters An explanation of the bill and the reason for the action Please use one of the links below and let the Governor know this is a bad bill. --- We need to stop California Assembly Bill 475 before it becomes law...

I was alerted to this event by Linda Nicholes of Plug In America, and Ryan Grady, whose company Charge Harbor worked on the Laguna charging station installation many MNL'ers attended last month. LPA, Inc. is an architectural firm in Irvine and a leader in sustainable building design. They're...

Those of you who love to find one of those silver Coulomb chargers at your destination probably know there's a huge gap in the South County. South of Fashion Island, the next charge station was not till San Diego :( until now.. The situation has improved a bit with the installation of 2...

This company is planning lots of different designs. This is the residential model. We have posted some new brochures and a presentation from the company here: http://www.pluginamerica.org/accessories/controlmod-evsellc-evse One interesting thing is that they're promising pretty high power...

PR Newswire Release - "Nissan Progresses Construction of Electric Vehicle Battery Plant in Tennessee" This plant is really big. Just for scale, the nearby factory where the LEAFs will be made is 5.2 million square feet. This puts into perspective the investment Nissan is making in electric...

You lucky first drivers: Has anyone found a smartphone holder that works well in the LEAF? Or is there a natural location to stow it? Thanks

Many people here (myself included of course) wish the EV Infrastructure Tax Credits weren't expiring so soon (December 31). This expiration date doesn't make much sense since many of us haven't gotten our vehicles yet, for no lack of trying. Right now people are forced to choose between a few...

Did seeing the movie Who Killed the Electric Car? lead in part to your becoming a LEAFer? Will you enjoy driving solo in the carpool lane next year? Will you enjoy receiving a $7,500 federal tax credit for buying your new car? Many of you are aware of this group, and are already members, but...

Cayenne Red (NAH) Brilliant Silver (K23) Blue Ocean (RAT) Glacier Pearl (QX1) Super Black (KH3) Photos taken at Alt Car in Santa Monica on Saturday. For larger versions or other photos we took doing the Drive Electric tour, check out this Flickr set...