Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Guaranteed To Increase Your Gas Mileage More Than 10 Percent!

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In a few hours 2013 will be history and 2014 promises to be fraught with new setbacks, challenges, status quo's and legacy somethings an...
Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Nissan's 500 Charger Promise?

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Last Friday, I picked up my 2013 LEAF S trim with the charger package.  The dealer had to get the car from Tacoma so it was about a 2 hour w...
Monday, December 23, 2013

My 2013 LEAF Review

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I personally don't like car reviews. They are first impressions which can frequently change over time and are loaded with personal obser...
Sunday, December 22, 2013

Eulogy for my 2011 LEAF; Goodbye #258, You Were Wonderful!

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The Basics; 35 months and 2 days 44,598.2 miles $1083.05  with $28.38 public charging 10,996 kwh   4.05 miles/kwh from the wall averag...
Saturday, December 21, 2013

Christmas 2013 and my Cool Blue Present!

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One of the key things coming from a supervisor's meeting earlier this week was that from December 27th to January 20th. There was no day...
Wednesday, December 18, 2013

100,000 Mile LEAF!

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December 16, 2013 will go down as a banner week for the Nissan LEAF. Not only did Nissan sell its 40,000th LEAF sometime last weekend, but i...
Thursday, November 28, 2013

Has Hybrid Technology Prevented EVs From Flourishing?

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"Just Take the Prius!" This is the phase we often hear about when discussing EV range limitations,  high costs of public charging,...

Eggs, Chicken, and Uncle Sam

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Since it is Thanksgiving 2013 which is all about food (not really) I thought I would put food in the title of my daily rambling which implie...
Sunday, November 10, 2013

Tesla's Real Advantage

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Going to Japan!! wooo hooo!! can't wait!  Will be awesome to see what *might* be coming down the road in a few years at the Tokyo Motor ...
Saturday, November 9, 2013

Another Tesla Fire

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Once again, road debris has caused a Tesla S to burn. The fact that this happened just down the street from the US LEAF plant and battery fa...