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Tag Archives: nissan
March 2013 sets several records for EV Sales
Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) set several sales records in March 2013. March was the best sales month ever for the Nissan LEAF which recorded 2236 sales. March was also the best month for the Tesla S electric vehicle with an … Continue reading
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
Nissan CarWings Outage
This morning several Nissan LEAF owners have complained that they can no longer use the remote vehicle access via ‘CarWings’ Nissan’s vehicle telematics service. I too have had issues. Initially the CarWings service simply reported it was unable to communicate … Continue reading
Posted in CarWings, Nissan LEAF
Tagged CarWings, LEAF portal, nissan, nissan website, Ouitage, Owners Portal
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Both Hendersonville McDonald’s get Electric Vehicle Chargers
Public Electric Vehicle (EV) charging comes to Hendersonville TN at last!! Both McDonald’s locations at Hendersonville have had EV chargers* installed in the last few weeks. The Indian Lake store
Posted in Blink, Electric Car, Level 2 EV Charger, Nissan LEAF
Tagged Blink, EVSE, ICED, LEAF, Level 2, McDonald's, nissan
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Plugshare looking for a business model
PlugShare is a smartphone app which provides a crowd-sourced database of EV charging stations. PlugShare app users search for charging stations close to where they are. Location is based on the smart phones GPS. If a user finds a station … Continue reading
Posted in Electric Car, Level 2 EV Charger, Nissan LEAF
Tagged Charging station., EV, Ford, nissan, PlugShare, Recargo, Tesla, Toyota
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Goodlettsville Library adds ChargePoint Level 1 and Level 2 EV chargers
Goodlettsville is one of the first communities in Tennessee to install public access Electric Vehicle (EV) charging. The new library which opened in July 2011 was selected to receive two ChargePoint EV charging points. Each of the pedestals is capable … Continue reading
Posted in Blink, ChargePoint, Electric Car, Level 2 EV Charger, Nissan LEAF, Review
Tagged EV, Free charger, LEAF, Level 1, Level 2, Library, nissan, Prius, Toyota
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Where is the fast charge infrastructure we were promised?
This last weekend I took a trip to Dickson TN. We had to leave the LEAF at home due to a lack of quick chargers in our area. The journey is about 60 miles in each direction making it a … Continue reading
Posted in Electric Car, Nissan LEAF
Tagged CHAdeMO, EV, Fast Charge, nissan, SAE, Vacaville
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First Experience with ‘Range Anxiety’
This weekend we ventured out further than we have before. After doing routine journeys the vehicle was left with a 75% charge. We planned to go to PF Chang’s for dinner. The round trip of 46 miles was easily in … Continue reading
Nissan LEAF – The Good
Here I’ll list the things that are features I really appreciate or am pleasantly surprised to find out as I learn to drive this vehicle. I’ll keep adding to the list as I become familiar with all the cars features, … Continue reading
Posted in Electric Car, Nissan LEAF, Review, Test Drive
Tagged backup camera, Bluetooth, Ford Sync, nissan
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