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MyNissanLEAF forums on malware blacklist – site possibly hacked

Sometime during Tuesday afternoon a third party Nissan LEAF forum, mynissanleaf.com got placed on a blacklist for malicious websites. Both Firefox and Google Chrome are advising against visiting the website. Visiting the website using Internet Explorer is NOT blocked, however … Continue reading

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Recharging with Geothermal Energy – Zero emissions!

On a family vacation to Montgomery Bell State Park we stayed in a villa for the weekend. The State of Tennessee have made this park the first in a series of greener state parks. They have built villas which run … Continue reading

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Gallatin City Hall adds EV Parking spaces

Gallatin TN have added two EV charging stations outside City Hall on West Main. This gives Gallatin TN the largest EV charger density in Sumner county, with more charging locations than Hendersonville TN or any other Sumner county city. The … Continue reading

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LEAF First Service at dealer – $11.02

It’s not often one can take a car to a car dealer and pay for the service with a $20 bill and get change. I took my LEAF in for it’s first scheduled service at 7,500 miles. The only item … Continue reading

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Vanderbilt add 9 chargers, Cracker Barrel a fast charger

Both Cracker barrel and Vanderbilt announced the addition of total of 10 chargers today with 6 more on the way. Finally the infrastructure we’ve been waiting for has arrived. Vanderbilt information can be found here. Cracker Barrel announcement can be … Continue reading

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National Plug In Day – Middle Tennessee

I visited two locations in Middle Tennessee to celebrate  the first electric vehicle (EV) National Plug-In Day. First I went to McDonald’s in Hendersonville TN and then drove onto Schneider Electric in Nashville TN. I got a successful charge at … Continue reading

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One month of LEAF ownership – The experience so far…..

It’s a month since I got my Nissan LEAF and here’s a  few points about the experience so far. I’ve gone from merely liking the car to loving it. It drives like a Mercedes. 1,300 miles driven for a total … Continue reading

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Other than stomping on the brakes, I’m a good driver

According to the data captured by Nissan/CarWings. I accelerate gently and am frugal with car accessories. However they ding me on my braking. Click on the graphic below to see the type of data available to a LEAF driver via … Continue reading

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Nissan Deliver Early – I have my LEAF !!

Despite recently putting my expected delivery date back 3 weeks Nissan called me on the 27th July to say my LEAF had arrived, 2 days prior to the earliest delivery date I had received during the order period. I was … Continue reading

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Level 2 Car Charger Installed, now I need a car

Please Plug in Your Vehicle…….. says the newly installed charger in my garage. I took delivery of my electric vehicle charger this week. All I need now is a car!! Which should be delivered to the dealership next week. ECOtality … Continue reading

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