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The 2/3 lost being referred to is a combination of the thermodynamic losses and the transmission losses. The thermo losses range from about 60-65%...
I think that the idea of providing chargers to employees is to: - provide a benefit to employees who have elected to own a plugin car - replace as...
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Sure, any SULEV vehicle is a good choice. But most cars aren't SULEV. In a dense city having many many BEVs is a big advantage over all ICE cars...
I would think that any reasonable person could discuss the charging situation with people at your work place and come to a reasonable charging...
Measure the 12v battery voltage just after charging and after driving and after sitting overnight without charging. I think there could be a...
The dome lights stay on -- design flaw, IMO. I left one on about 9 months ago and went on a 7 day vacation...came back and had to jump start the...
The car has no way to tell you that there is a problem with the 12v battery...but then I don't know of any car that does, directly. Indirectly, in...
Park in long term. Then when you leave if you NEED an extra ~10 miles of charge move to short term and charge for ~55 min and leave getting...
SFO now has L2 charging in at least two short term parking lots...so if you are willing to pay for the parking you get free charging. Mike
At my work we have ~22 EVs/PHEVs. About half of those are Leafs. I've talked to most of the Leaf owners and most of them have one way commutes of...
How about the charging station equipment makers form an industry association and come up with a market solution? Such as free chargers are fine,...
There are many different charger configs. Some ChargePoint chargers have both L1 and L2. Some have two L2. We have both at work. Others have just...
Mathematically that doesn't make sense. Most surveys show that somewhere around 80% of charging or more takes place at home. Therefore, if you...
Just like most government programs, there is probably funding for the rebates but no funding for enforcement. But who knows, maybe they have...
Dealer replaced 12v battery under warranty (no charge) and the car works fine now. However, initially, the battery showed as OK and they wanted...
I think this summarizes it: EV advantages/disadvantages: - recharge many places -- electricity is much cheaper than gas (natl ave prices) - no...
They (sort of) picked the 100 kph number as the number they would test at to insure all parts would not exceed any design limits and longevity...
Service estimate was given as $0.00. The 12v battery shouldn't "fail" like this in just 18 months. In my 2000 and 2004 Prius the 12v batteries...
