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All Electric Garage
This weekend the White family went all electric. No we haven’t lost our minds, Karen’s Altima is in the shop and was retained over the weekend. We were offered and took a loaner vehicle. A LEAF of course The Altima’s … Continue reading
Posted in Electric Car, Level 2 EV Charger, Newton Nissan, Nissan LEAF, Test Drive
Tagged Altima, bombay palace, cars, loaner vehicles, Nashville, Pace Car
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Smokey the Bear drives a LEAF
I came across an interesting video on Youtube. It’s a story of how the black bear solar institute in the smoky mountains in Tennessee have installed 24 EV charging stations at key points around the national park to encourage EV … Continue reading
LEAF salesman knows how to sell EV’s
A LEAF car salesman Paul Scott in LA California is making a mark as a super LEAF salesperson. It helps to be selling the LEAF in California where gas prices are high, however Paul uses several innovative ways to attract … Continue reading
Posted in Electric Car, Nissan LEAF, Test Drive
Tagged Car Salesman, cars, gas prices, Paul Scott, salesperson, transportation
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ICE’d EV charging space hall of shame
I’ve decided to start a photographic hall of shame for ICE’d EV spaces here in Tennessee, to at least document the problem. An EV parking space is considered ‘ICE’d’ when a conventional Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) vehicle occupies a space … Continue reading
Posted in Blink, Electric Car, Level 2 EV Charger
Tagged cars, internal combustion engine
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Charging away from home – cables and adapters for the EV driver
As a new EV driver one seldom drives further than half the total vehicle range, i.e. you can go to and fro from your destination without having to charge the vehicle. With increased confidence as to how far the vehicle … Continue reading
Posted in Electric Car, Level 2 EV Charger, Nissan LEAF
Tagged adapter, cars, chevy, Citroen, extension cord, Mitsubishi., overnight charge, point of no return, volt, weather proof
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What a Difference a Year Makes
Just over a year ago I posted about charging stations in Nashville being ‘thin on the ground’ with just two charging stations available in the greater Nashville area. Well just over a year later and in the same geographic region … Continue reading
Green Hills 0, East Nashville 10
Yep. That’s the count of Electric Vehicle charging stations in Green Hills and East Nashville. How come a chic area of town has zero charging stations while East Nashville sports 10? Interestingly Belle Meade only has one at the Belle … Continue reading
Posted in Blink, Electric Car, Level 2 EV Charger, Opinion
Tagged Belle Meade, cars, East Nashville, Green Hills, Publix
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High Mileage LEAF’s – 60,000 miles per year!
I was pleased I was able to cover the same number of miles in my LEAF as I did my previous vehicle a Chevy Malibu. Proving that an electric vehicle can replace a gasoline vehicle for almost all of ones … Continue reading
Posted in Electric Car, Level 2 EV Charger, Level 3 EV Charger, Nissan LEAF
Tagged cars, CarWings, chevy malibu, high mileage, nissan vehicle, Telematics
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12 Months 13,000 Miles
It hardly seems like one year ago I took delivery of my LEAF. I remember it was raining, not a great experience driving off the lot in a new car. Had an accident with a deer in the first three … Continue reading
Posted in Electric Car, Nissan LEAF
Tagged C-Max Energi, cars, comfort, economy, Ford, gasoline car, handling, performance, transportation
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