Category Archives: Electric Car

Newton Nissan Seventh Dealer to get a Fast Charger in Tennessee

Posted on January 8, 2014 by jpwhitehome

Newton Nissan of Gallatin TN are the seventh Tennessee Nissan Dealer to get a Quick Charge unit. This brings the total number of Fast Charge Units of all brands in Tennessee up to count of 25. This quick charger in … Continue reading →

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Sixth Dealer Quick Charge Unit installed at Downtown Nashville Nissan

Posted on January 7, 2014 by jpwhitehome

Fast charge units are going in at Tennessee Nissan Dealers like they are going out of fashion. This unit is strategically placed just two and half miles north of downtown Nashville giving I-65 drivers north of town 2 places to … Continue reading →

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Nissan of Rivergate gets Second TN Dealer DC Quick Charge

Posted on December 21, 2013 by jpwhitehome

A very welcome addition to the Dealer DC Quick Charge network in Tennessee is Nissan of Rivergate north of Nashville. The dealership is found close to the intersection of I-65 and TN-386, two very busy roads in this area on … Continue reading →

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Have Nissan lost worldwide CarWings Data?

Posted on December 14, 2013 by jpwhitehome

According to Nissan CarWings, a vehicle telematics service, I have driven 165 miles so far in December 2013. I know I have covered 700 miles during the same time period. CarWings shows no data whatsoever for my vehicle for the … Continue reading →

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LEAF takes its first unscheduled visit to the shop. Cost? $0.00 plus free fuel and car wash!

Posted on November 16, 2013 by jpwhitehome

Over the 2 1/2 years I’ve owned my LEAF a few minor issues have occurred with a speaker failure and window winder both of which waited until the next scheduled maintenance for repair under warranty. This last week I had … Continue reading →

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Carcharging likely to end Free EV Charging at Kohl’s and other Blink sites

Posted on November 5, 2013 by jpwhitehome

On a recent Webinar hosted by the San Francisco Bay area LEAF owners, CarCharging (who recently purchased the assets of the bankrupt Ecotality/Blink Network) answered any and all questions posed to them by Webinar participants. The purchase is just a … Continue reading →

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Used LEAF Values Rebound Strongly

Posted on September 23, 2013 by jpwhitehome

I’ve been tracking the used value of my LEAF and the depreciation has been steeper than the average vehicle. However in the last two months used LEAF prices have increased by over 6%. Nissan are selling all the LEAF’s they … Continue reading →

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EV Charging Wars thanks to a Lexus

Posted on August 30, 2013 by jpwhitehome

At busy locations it is quite common for EV charging spaces to be occupied by gasoline vehicles. On a recent trip to Franklin TN I stopped at Wholefoods on a Friday lunchtime. Busy busy time. One EV spot was taken … Continue reading →

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Life Just Got Easier for EV Owners

Posted on August 22, 2013 by jpwhitehome

Blink Networks have just announced that with immediate effect all of the 4,000 public charging stations in their network will no longer require a ZIP code to be entered to begin a charging session. Hurray!! This is a very welcome … Continue reading →

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Free Period for Quick EV charging comes to a close

Posted on May 29, 2013 by jpwhitehome

For sometime now charges have been levied for public 240v charging. The much faster 400v DC quick charging has remained free. Until now that is. Here is a copy of an email I received today Blink announced they are introducing … Continue reading →

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