Category Archives: Nissan LEAF

National Plug In Day – Middle Tennessee

Posted on October 16, 2011 by jpwhitehome

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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Charge at Holiday Inn Vanderbilt sucessful – eventually

Posted on October 14, 2011 by jpwhitehome

On Thursday the 13th  I left home after an earlier trip to Green Hills. (We had eaten at Zoe’s in Green Hills and were given number 13 while we waited on our food). The LEAF’s charge level was too low … Continue reading →

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Both Hendersonville McDonald’s get Electric Vehicle Chargers

Posted on October 8, 2011 by jpwhitehome

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

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Plugshare looking for a business model

Posted on September 13, 2011 by jpwhitehome

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 →

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Customer Complaints surface regarding LEAF emergency braking

Posted on September 12, 2011 by jpwhitehome

Four customers have reported issues with their brakes remaining on after they have needed to brake hard during an emergency. One driver claims that this caused the LEAF to be rear-ended. In all cases control of the vehicle was maintained, … Continue reading →

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Orphaned LEAF for sale at Newton Nissan

Posted on September 9, 2011 by jpwhitehome

LEAF’s cannot normally be purchased by visiting a dealer and looking at their stock. They don’t have LEAF’s on the lot due to the short supply of the vehicles. Almost all are sold to those reserving via the Nissan website. … Continue reading →

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On track to save $10,000 in Fuel

Posted on September 5, 2011 by jpwhitehome

Over the life of the LEAF (assuming 100,0000 mile life) I am on track to save over $10,000 in fuel expenses compared to the Chevy Malibu I had previously which was frugal anyway, I got 25mpg while driving the Malibu. … Continue reading →

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Goodlettsville Library adds ChargePoint Level 1 and Level 2 EV chargers

Posted on August 31, 2011 by jpwhitehome

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 →

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1st Middle Tennessee LEAF Meetup a success!!

Posted on August 28, 2011 by jpwhitehome

The turn out at the 1st Middle Tennessee LEAF meetup at Nissan US manufacturing and logistics facility at Smyrna TN  was a resounding success!! I counted 9 LEAF’s, most of which quickly hooked up to the Blink Level 2 solar … Continue reading →

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Where is the fast charge infrastructure we were promised?

Posted on August 23, 2011 by jpwhitehome

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 →

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