Friday, February 1, 2013

Yokohama Trip Part Two

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Day two of the trip started early. In my case, it was VERY early. With a 17 hour time difference, I was up at 4 AM and could not go back to ...
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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Yokohama Trip Part 1

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After spending 6 days either flying or riding around Japan, I am still playing catch up with everything at home which is a good thing becaus...
Saturday, January 19, 2013

Happy Birthday LEAF; Going To Yokohama!

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Yesterday my LEAF celebrated its 2nd Birthday and my present? A trip to Yokohama courtesy of Nissan! As part of a marketing focus group le...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

12 Volt Battery Management; Part 2

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Well, was hoping to post this much sooner and have much more information but alas I dont have either. I have continued to monitor the volt...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Public Charging; An Owner's Perspective

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As we EV'ers are well aware of, the rollout of the public charging system has been far from smooth. Timelines were stretched, extended a...
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Monday, January 14, 2013

Car Sharing; Another EV Challenge!

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The Nissan LEAF has probably a 50 mile range in the worst of conditions. Cold, rain, snow, etc; all increase the amount of power needed to g...
Saturday, January 12, 2013

Gas Is Cheap!

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After paying more than $4 a gallon for most of the year due primarily to speculation on supply shortages from various refinery incidents, th...
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Sunday, January 6, 2013

12 Volt Battery Management; Houston, We've Got a Problem

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Ya, thats right 12 volt battery, not the big expensive traction battery. The little (not so cheap probably around $100) lead acid battery. ...
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Saturday, January 5, 2013

EV Success and How to Achieve It!

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In 2012, Norway (pop 4.9 million) sold over 10,000 Nissan LEAFs (EVs account for 5.2% of all vehicle sales) while the US (pop 311.6 million)...
Monday, December 31, 2012

Prius Is On Life Support

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Yesterday my SO rear ended a car on her way home hard enough to deploy the front driver and knee air bags.  There is extensive front end dam...
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